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Monster

Monster

Various types of X-ray machines were left around the pitch black first floor. Although in seemingly good condition, the first signs of rust were starting to form on some of the elements.
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Looks like IRON MANS dressing room?
Ferdy
Tue 05-04-2010
There's a autobot back there.
A D Nilsen
Tue 05-04-2010
Nice shot! Looks like the table could move in a semi- circular motion, if so does anyone know why?
LucieLou
Tue 05-04-2010
Having that hover over me would be very scary!
Canada
Tue 05-04-2010
wow, I took in this picture and thought "this looks like a monster ready to take a bite out of someone" and then I see the title! HA!! Can you imagine how much this cost when new and here it is, after it's useful life, just rotting away. That's probably what'll happen to us.
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 05-04-2010
You'd think this stuff could be recycled. Or maybe fixed up and shipped to some third-world hospital that has no x-ray equipment (old and outdated by our standards would be better than nothing for them!).

Heck, this thing looks like the equipment used at a hospital about 15 miles from me. It's an old hospital with old machinery, and when I was in there, I kept seeing it as it would be whenever it was finally abandoned.
Rekrats
Tue 05-04-2010
Too scary!!!
MARIE, CMT
Tue 05-04-2010
that must have cost like 100,000 and it just sits there
nick
Tue 05-04-2010
lol wait is that a lcd flat screen ..
nick
Tue 05-04-2010
I would love to flick the "on" switch!!
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 05-04-2010
Nice, the coolest stuff is always left in the dark, glad you took the time to photograph it.
Vacant NJ
Tue 05-04-2010
That's expensive equipment to just leave behind like that.... granted, it would be a pain to move. Perhaps it was outdated or just not worth taking.
Z
Tue 05-04-2010
BAD eldokid, no switch on mean nasty monster machine just for fun. BAD BAD BAD
Binky
Tue 05-04-2010
Oh Binky no hurt you, no hurt!!!!!
Dawn Michelle
Tue 05-04-2010
That outfit looks relatively new.....
Junkyardave
Tue 05-04-2010
Old building. New materials...

Freaks me out!
Tiny
Wed 05-05-2010
Looks brand new - somebody care to tell why these places are always left with thousands of dollars worth of new equipment but they demolish the buildings on top of it?
Lixi
Wed 05-05-2010
What's the value of this machinery?
jjc
Wed 05-05-2010
Couldn't this be used in a third world country? It is a shame to leave it there to rot!
Tari
Wed 05-05-2010
Brand New = very expensive, state of the art, high tech. Two days later = obsolete, no value, too heavy to move, can't sell. It's the same with just about everything, cars, computers, furnishings, office / industrial equipment. That is, until it gets REALLY old, then it's a valuable antique!
eldokid@aol.com
Thu 05-06-2010
I have not seen a "table" on a track like that. The tracks that I am familiar with are on the ceiling and they move to position the patient in the correct way. Looks like the ceiling was inadequate for the weight of the x-ray equipment so they placed the "table" on a track. Many times expensive equipment has been depreciated and has no value left for the accountants to work with, so they just leave it. The cost of shipping this equipment would be very high, but it would seem like some group should step up and do that rather than see it rust out and end up in a trash heap.
Claudia
Thu 05-06-2010
It bewilders me why so many of these places have so much stuff like this in them. I mean come on, my redneck neighbor would love to have one of these in his yard... (It could go next to the fridge, between the Dodge Aspen on cinder blocks and the rotten couch...
Kolfritz
Sun 05-09-2010
ladies and gentlemen.....THE WORLDS BIGGEST SOAP DISPENSER!
Joe
Sun 05-09-2010
This is a late model special procedures radiographic system.

The system would have little value today as what it was intended for as interventional procedures are now done using fluoroscopic equipment and the bulk of the system would not allow use in trauma where you would still sometimes see similar equipment.

The thing that looks like an LCD is probably the anti scatter grid which is part of the bucky assembly and where the film is placed before the exposure.
Matt M
Mon 05-10-2010
Regarding the tracks:

Some systems put the table on rails so they can create a swing lab.

The advantage of a swing lab is that the staff reposition the patient away from the bulky imaging system and continue the procedure.
Matt M
Mon 05-10-2010
@Matt M-Thank you for giving the background info on all these older contraptions. I was wondering what they were.
MARIE, CMT
Tue 05-11-2010
Looks really expensive...
YUM PEANUTS YUM
Tue 05-18-2010
You would think the owners would donate that to another hospital instead of letting it sit there and waste away.
Tom C
Thu 05-20-2010
You guys are awesome. I love these photos. I don't know why, but there is something about these pictures that I just want to see more. Keep up the good work guys!
Nate
Sun 05-23-2010
Monster indeed! It brings back unpleasant memories from my childhood. But Joe's comment still made me lol!
Sophia
Sun 06-13-2010
For all the people thinking the table is on on track......what you see is actuall a cover for the wires of the equipment. It is an optical illusion, but look carefully and also at other pictures of similar equipment.
DaveyOh
Sat 10-30-2010
big money no wonder it cost so much to to the hospitol what a waste of good tools of the trade
tommy b
Thu 03-24-2011
to bad it's just going to rot, that stuff sells for more than you'd imagine
aaron
Sat 04-23-2011
It's more than a little infuriating to realize that expensive equipment going to rot like this is one of the reasons why healthcare is so rediculously overpriced. Docs: IF IT WORKS OR CAN BE MADE TO WORK, SALVAGE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S USED. KEEP HEALTHCARE COSTS DOWN!!!
gypsy74
Sat 04-30-2011
When a new hospital is built and an old facility is abandoned, it's more cost effective to leave the used, bulky equipment in place. The new facility will come with new equipment. It's like moving a used furnace or central AC system from an old home to a brand new one. It's cheaper and more reliable to go with something new. Plus, x-ray equipment is usually custom installed for the room it's in. They don't move to another facility well.
Larry D
Sat 04-30-2011
i would take that home with me and sold it
ET
Mon 07-04-2011
I hope that they removed the power suply for that in older machines they had PCBs in them
Dave
Wed 04-11-2012

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