Exploring an Abandoned County Hospital - Found Operating Rooms

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  • Опубликовано: 25 фев 2021
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    In this episode we are exploring the old St. Clair County Hospital in Alabama. Opened in 1968, it served as the only hospital in Pell City serving the entire St. Clair county. A new building replaced it in 2011 leaving it abandoned for eight years. The hospital was demolished in late 2019.
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  • @nancymeehan421
    @nancymeehan421 3 года назад +323

    Hi everyone! Grandma nurse here. The Emerson pump you found in the stairwell was used after lung surgery. When the lung is opened it collapses due to atmospheric pressure. Part of the lung is removed and chest tubes are placed in the pleura space. Patient is stitch up and tubes are connected to the pump. One bottle has water in it to serve as a water seal as the lung re expands. The bottles were glass. The blood from the surgery would drain out of the lung and into the second bottle. The pump sets on the floor at the bedside and is pushed with the patient as he is rolled along the hallway in his bed. Quite cumbersome, This system was used in the 1970's and was replaced in the '80's by a molded plastic unit that hung on the side of the bed and was connected to wall suction. So much easier to handle. Most of the patients had lung cancer so don't smoke! I'll shut up now. LOL!

    • @robotparadise
      @robotparadise 3 года назад +26

      Thanks Nancy!

    • @ellie8721
      @ellie8721 3 года назад +35

      These vids are awesome, and they're even better when you experts tell us about the equipment.👈 This is why I read the comments. Thanks! Stay safe, every!

    • @jadeyxboox
      @jadeyxboox 3 года назад +13

      Very interesting thank you!

    • @faith11.1
      @faith11.1 3 года назад +17

      As for someone that has a lung illness (not from smoking I was born with it) all that talk about lungs collapsing makes me kinda crawl in my skin 😅. You're strong Nancy!

    • @maryedwards1028
      @maryedwards1028 3 года назад +14

      I’m a current nursing student, and this helped me to better understand chest tubes and the system! We just learned about them and I have an exam on Monday! Thank you! ❤️

  • @MathieuAllain
    @MathieuAllain 3 года назад +606

    The only channel where I don’t skip the intro. That sound never gets old!!

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      @TGFMusic 3 года назад +17

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      @Thomas-lk5cu 3 года назад +10

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    • @jacobdean4833
      @jacobdean4833 3 года назад +7

      lol.. I have it on my music playlist. The only u tube theme I have.

    • @MathieuAllain
      @MathieuAllain 3 года назад +3

      @@jacobdean4833 I had no idea it was available. Added to my iTunes library just now. Thx!!

    • @judithmcbride4023
      @judithmcbride4023 3 года назад +2

      Yep! I have it too! Love it!!

  • @sonnyjlewis
    @sonnyjlewis 3 года назад +424

    Those 5.56 shells are blanks are most likely from a police training exercise conducted after the facility closed.

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 года назад +30

      Some people say on a quiet night you can still hear that one officer stumbling over debris down the corridors to this day...

    • @TooLazyToFail
      @TooLazyToFail 3 года назад +21

      Yep, we had an old office building in my city that was owned by the city for some reason and just about falling apart. It was a mess everywhere, mold, etc, but it was a great place to do active shooter training and building-clearing. Simunition paint EVERYWHERE.

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 года назад +14

      @@TooLazyToFail just don't use dragonsbreath rounds or any incendiary ammo like that one absolutely STUPID INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE WITH WOOD FLOORS.... THE BUILD UP OF POWDER ON WOOD FLOOR + THE CRACKS.... YEAH A FIRE BROKE OUT AND IT WAS A CHAOTIC MESS.... and those are the people in charge lmao... why... not just wooden... but inside.... and then fire aspect bullets... aaaaalright... i still will never understand that one haha

    • @FayeHunter
      @FayeHunter 3 года назад +13

      @@TooLazyToFail found the clip, speaks for itself, uhhh... idk how strict youtube is on URLs so just... you know.. replace the 'dot' with a period.. imgur(DOT)com/mewGLd9.gifv

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 года назад

      You are correct

  • @AT-ki8jz
    @AT-ki8jz 3 года назад +485

    There's something so _Proper_ with watching a fresh Proper People episode on a dark rainy night

  • @stacrober2
    @stacrober2 3 года назад +48

    This is where I worked for the first 10 years of my nursing career. Makes me sad to see it in such bad shape. I knew every inch of that place.

    • @kittykat7858
      @kittykat7858 3 года назад +3

      Oh wow! Did you work in a specific area?

    • @HassanPlayz
      @HassanPlayz 3 года назад +5

      The exploring community is so dang cool, there's so much curiosity and history and the fact that some people have personally been to these places or worked at them! That's so interesting, was there a specific part that you liked of the video?

  • @lukeskywalker1840
    @lukeskywalker1840 3 года назад +33

    Just a heads up. Those respirators you use. The cartridges are composed of particulate filters and activated charcoal. That is what provides the protection against many of the molds and other airborne toxins. Please remember that the dual stage filters with the charcoal are good for 8 hours once opened. When the charcoal is exposed to air, it deteriorates and loses it's protective qualities. Always use fresh cartridges when entering what could be a hazardous atmosphere. Even the P100 particulate ones get dirty fast and were never intended for multiple usage. Remember that beards or facial hair create a poor seal with the respirator and basically mitigate their effectiveness. Always do a PFT test before using them. The ones you are using require a qualitative or quantitative fit test before you should ever use them. To be sure they are sized correctly. Besides that, love your channel. Keep up the great work.

  • @breezetix
    @breezetix 3 года назад +126

    every time i watch these abandoned videos, i always think of the history, like people just walking around, working, doing stuff, and then it's like this years later. crazy.

    • @breezetix
      @breezetix 3 года назад +8

      nostalgia.

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 года назад +16

      @breezetix, I think about their last day of work, especially in buildings where the boys have found patient records, and equipment just sitting waiting for the employees next shift. Was there a 'Goodbye' party or was it somber, did a secretary for example ask what to do with specific items, only for us to see them rotting and rusting years later? Did they take one last look back at the building as they headed to their vehicle?
      Always nice to read a comment from a former employee!

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 3 года назад +5

      @@dellahicks7231 why did this make me sad 😅

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 года назад +4

      @@sparklingwater1430 Sorry, didn't mean to bum you out Sparkling. I am prone that way, to want to know what the emotions were surrounding a place being abandoned. There has to be fragments of it left in the vibe/energy of the building.

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 3 года назад +5

      @@dellahicks7231 it’s ok you have a gift if you ever write a book let me know 😅

  • @sadtwink666
    @sadtwink666 3 года назад +131

    the proper people, walking on a decayed floor
    youtube auto-captions: [applause]

    • @hollybeary
      @hollybeary 3 года назад +3

      That is hilarious!!

  • @Shag471
    @Shag471 3 года назад +32

    I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously. One week ago I came home from work not feeling so hot and my allergies went nuts the moment I walked in my apartment door. Come to find out, my roommates had black mold growing all over their shower grout that looked like fur. Spores were being pulled through the entire air system and in 2 days I found myself in the ER for acute pneumonia in both lungs with complication due to Covid that I must have picked up at work. Discharged now but just walking from my couch to the kitchen I feel like a 75-year old man as I wheeze and gasp for air for about 20 minutes every time. Thank you for staying safe and providing viewers with the knowledge to always wear a respirator in the presence of mold. Scott - Proud Patreon subscriber.

    • @zzInFusioNzz
      @zzInFusioNzz 3 года назад +11

      'I’m always impressed how you both take the presence of mold very seriously' - one of them literally forgot their respirator??

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 года назад +6

      Last video was a bit sketchy with all that asbestos in the building, and neither had their respirator.
      I've seen what the aftermath of that crap can do, they really need to be diligent!

    • @jaysmith179
      @jaysmith179 3 года назад +2

      China virus.

  • @theabyss3875
    @theabyss3875 3 года назад +138

    Sterilization Tech here, we have the exact same Steris Autoclave in our hospital! It's weird seeing one in an abandoned setting. The area next to it that had the metal sheet, was more than likely a second autoclave.

    • @nurrdy
      @nurrdy 3 года назад +9

      Dude seeing any of that abandoned equipment is almost triggering me and I'm an EMT LOL I'm like UGH Ill bet THAT hospital bed would work if we plugged it in XD

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 года назад

      Yep, I worked for a school board and they used our abandoned buildings for practice. I used to comment that they could not hit the side of a barn judging from the splatter patterns on the walls.

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 года назад

      @@nurrdy This was a pretty empty building compared to some they have visited.

    • @burns8772
      @burns8772 3 года назад

      i'd like to like your comment but its on 69 likes and I'm not gonna be the guy to disrupt that

    • @steuk6510
      @steuk6510 3 года назад

      It's missing parts from some off the equipment as probably sold out to other hospitals

  • @brookejackson4532
    @brookejackson4532 3 года назад +111

    There's something so relaxing about these videos. I also really appreciate how there's no click bait and definitely prefer watching this channel over others.

    • @meeongg
      @meeongg 3 года назад +6

      It's too relaxing that I fell asleep mid watching their videos multiple times.

    • @judithmcbride4023
      @judithmcbride4023 3 года назад +2

      Everything abt this channel is GREAT!! Have to say it’s my # 1 !! They never disappoint ! Also love anything to do with medical info!
      Luv that Bryan always has to “test” every on-off switch! Exactly what I would be doing!!☺️😗😎

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад

      After binge watching a lot of other Urbex channels during this #£€][¥. lockdown, coming home to the PP is a breath of fresh air.

  • @unclemonster48
    @unclemonster48 3 года назад +18

    Hey fellas y’all was in my hood! It’s gone now nothing but chewed up concrete and empty clean lot. Brand new hospital down the street now. Still a smaller hospital but it serves the eastern part of Alabama. We maintain their chillers for comfort cooling and surgeries. I always wanted to see the old hospital from the inside before demolition. Thanks guys!

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад +4

      Uncle Monster was too polite to mention he also maintains the chillers in the morgue! Not only the chairs chillin in those places!

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 года назад +2

      @@tomrogers9467 lol!! Luckily they have maint guys in house that take care of the body coolers. Thank god!! Always some chairs chillin i wished they would make a shirt that has a chair chillin on it. 😂

  • @ericpond5487
    @ericpond5487 3 года назад +90

    My son was born in this hospital back in the 80's.

    • @laureng6412
      @laureng6412 3 года назад +34

      Woah that's cool. Must be really weird seeing it abandoned

  • @greendryerlint
    @greendryerlint 3 года назад +136

    All these old hospitals look like they were abandoned in the midst of an apocalypse. When I see all that relatively modern equipment just left to rot, I always think there are poor communities and third-world countries that would love to get their hands on some of that stuff that they just can't afford. I'm sure most of the stuff there would work even now if cleaned up a bit.

    • @kingofthepod5169
      @kingofthepod5169 3 года назад +20

      I get the same feeling. It's a thing about accuracy though. I know a lot of guys who still use WWII era stick welders, but I know 0 people who would feel comfortable using pre 2000's medical equipment. It's probably since someone's life is on the line and that machine has a million hours on It. I feel like medical museums should be more of a thing.

    • @SeanA88
      @SeanA88 3 года назад +13

      I've heard medical equipment gets outdated fast like 4-6 years

    • @therandomdot2563
      @therandomdot2563 3 года назад +31

      The problem is all that stuff left behind falls victim to accounting math. When equip is bought, it goes on the books as an cost. But, it's also assigned a depreciation schedule, which, over time, drops the "value" of the equipment to $0. Usually, this depreciation schedule takes into account when to replace the equipment.
      EG: computers are bought for $1000/ea, and IT folks say in 5 yrs they'll need to be replaced in order to update them. So, accounting dept depreciates the computers $1000/5 yrs = $200/yr for 5 yrs until they're worth $0 on-the-books after the 5th year.
      The equipment is still useful, but now has $0 value in the accounting ledger. Any use you get out of it is above and beyond, and saves you money from having to buy more stuff. So, the stuff may not be useless, but it is valueluess to the company.
      So, now we get to a company closing up shop. All this stuff gets left behind, b/c it would cost money to bring someone in to clear it out, auction it off, etc. And, they get the accounting dept to crunch the numbers. The cost to do all that is more than the profit they'd get from it. EG: they estimate that an auction could bring in some money, but not enough to offset the cost of the auction.
      The stuff left behind is often hit two-fold.. b/c
      1) it's been depreciated to $0, thus considered valueless
      2) if it's depreciated to that point, it's probably out-dated, too
      This double-whammy makes it where even if you did have an auction, you'd get pennies on the dollar for that stuff. And, in some cases, you'd have to pay someone to come haul it away since it would be considered junk that nobody wants to buy.
      So, they shutter the building, and leave all that stuff behind.
      What's expected to happen is whoever buys the building or land will eat the cost of cleanup/removal as part of the building/land prep costs to get whatever business they're starting in that spot going. This externalizes cost-of-cleanup from the company that owns all that stuff onto the person that buys the building/land.
      So, we end up with situations like this.. where perfectly good stuff is just sitting around, all because accounting ledge math says it's "worthless".. when some other hospital would be grateful to have that stuff as a donation, or even parts of third world countries would be ecstatic to have that stuff since it's more modern than what they have.
      But, it's all about money.
      So, the next question would be ... "ok, why not just ask folks to volunteer to go in and cleanup, salvage, etc?"
      Then we start to discuss liability.. whoever owns the property is liable for any accidents, health risk, etc that happens. Volunteers may work for free, but if they come down with a case of lung disease from breathing in toxic air, they could sue the property owner.
      So, once again.. it's all about cost avoidance.
      These guys going in, if they got lung issues, they couldn't sue, b/c technically they're trespassing.
      But, this is how we end up with all these abandoned properties with all this otherwise-useful stuff sitting around... it's because some spreadsheet math said the stuff is "worthless".

    • @greendryerlint
      @greendryerlint 3 года назад +6

      @@therandomdot2563 I know what you're saying and I agree with your assessment. It is wasteful though, as you agreed. Where I work, we at least use a recycler that donates our old computer equipment to needy schools instead of just shredding it or reclaiming the metals.

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад +6

      I understand your sentiment, but it all looked well used; after a certain point in time it costs too much too keep old equipment operating, and often the replacement parts are no longer available. Many times the original manufacturers are no longer in business.

  • @paintingoftheweek
    @paintingoftheweek 3 года назад +8

    The "splinting system" at 5:14 is Ortho Glass, which is a flexible fiberglass type material used for splinting extremities. The area around 6:25 like you guessed is part of the emergency department. The two tiled rooms right after the ambulance entrance are resuscitation bays for sicker patients. 8:25 is an old ultrasound machine. 8:50 is a light board for viewing x-ray films, but this is very outdated - modern x-rays are digital and read off a computer screen. The machine at 9:57 is neither an x-ray machine nor CT scanner as some people have commented but a gamma camera used for PET scans. This is a nuclear medicine test that is generally used to detect cancer. The "lie detector" at the end is an EEG used to monitor brain activity typically in patients at risk for seizure.

  • @Nuklearfreak
    @Nuklearfreak 3 года назад +39

    8:27 I don‘t think it‘s for controlling the X-Rays, it looks like an old sonographic unit.
    I guess the mounts on the right side would have been for the ultrasonic transducers. The Ball is typically used to scroll through the layers, mostly to analyze the tissue you are examining. :)

    • @ekc_sc.722
      @ekc_sc.722 3 года назад +2

      You're probably right. I've had echocardiograms in the past and the technicians used equipment that looked just like that.

    • @VAABoy081
      @VAABoy081 Месяц назад

      Looks a lot like an ultrasound machine too … to get a look into the uterus and see the growing baby when pregnant 😊👍🏼

  • @luishion
    @luishion 3 года назад +75

    The treadmill if I was going to make an educated guess was for stress tests.

    • @Squirrelnutter
      @Squirrelnutter 3 года назад +3

      Yes, cardiac stress tests.

    • @spooley
      @spooley 3 года назад +1

      Some have changed to recumbent bikes and for the elderly there's a drug they inject to achieve the same result.

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 3 года назад

      There should be an ECG machine near that treadmill (probably a GE Healthcare MAC series ECG).

  • @spritelass6712
    @spritelass6712 3 года назад +50

    The room with the x-ray viewing boxes is where the radiologist would sit and look at x-rays all day and dictate reports on each patients film. Also other doctors could come in and consult with the radiologist on a particular case. I used to work in the x-ray file room of a hospital back in the day when they still used film. It was a cool job to have when I was young.

    • @Geordie_Chloe_
      @Geordie_Chloe_ Год назад +1

      So pleased to hear you had a lovely experience working there 😊

  • @urbexplorationz3143
    @urbexplorationz3143 3 года назад +133

    I‘m pretty sure Christmas trees are spawning in abandoned places as soon as you explore them😂

    • @psims210
      @psims210 3 года назад +1

      there in like in almost every one of there vids

    • @thickgirlsneedlove2190
      @thickgirlsneedlove2190 3 года назад

      Nope

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад

      There’s also a rumour about a ghost truck full of chairs looking for abandoned buildings to “Chill” in!

  • @OttawaOldFart
    @OttawaOldFart 3 года назад +46

    You guys are too young to remember this but that sign that looked like a pregnant safety pin was very clever as safety pins were used to keep diapers on before all these fancy diapers came along with tape. In the radiology department if you've since forgotten.

    • @amandaleidy
      @amandaleidy 3 года назад +4

      If it makes you feel better im 22 and a lot of people in my family still use those and i plan to some day as well!

    • @amandaleidy
      @amandaleidy 3 года назад +1

      Not specifically safety pins, but the diaper clips

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 года назад +1

      @@amandaleidy Yes that

    • @OttawaOldFart
      @OttawaOldFart 3 года назад +1

      @@amandaleidy Now that is good news and yes there is a market for it and even services offered.

  • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
    @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 года назад +15

    It's crazy that this hospital looks kinda newly abandoned and long time abandoned simultaneously.
    The major decay in some areas vs hardly any decay in others is neat.

    • @DonkeyFilms
      @DonkeyFilms 3 года назад

      It was where rain water seeped through the roof and leaked and made it way worse

  • @earthhippie
    @earthhippie 3 года назад +41

    These videos always remind me of when I was younger. We used to have a few abandoned places around my house growing up. We frequented an old dentist office, lumber house, warf on the Mississippi River, industrial warehouse, and the last standing JCPENNEY wing of a mall that was demolished. Ahhh, I miss urban exploration. This was 16ish years ago, so we never thought to film anything. Nor did we have equipment tbh. But it was fun.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 3 года назад +2

      You're lucky. Nothing around where I live ever gets a chance to be abandoned long, and never long enough to be actually old and cool either. Seems we have an unspoken policy around here to tear down anything even Remotely dilapidated, in favour of an empty lot if nothing else.😭😭

  • @justinmccowan2543
    @justinmccowan2543 3 года назад +24

    Who else finds institutional and hospital architecture from the 60's interesting? Even has aluminum Florida style windows that give the rooms the styling of a house!

  • @mokulen37
    @mokulen37 3 года назад +61

    "Is that a character I'm not familiar with or something?" You guys make me feel real old sometimes.

    • @HFkepley9312
      @HFkepley9312 3 года назад +13

      same here even thinking the old EEG machine was used for a polygraph test

    • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
      @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 года назад +2

      For real!🤣

    • @xfirty2x
      @xfirty2x 3 года назад +8

      Pepe le pew 👍

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 года назад +1

      Which character do you think that supposedly is? As I saw someone claim it's Pepe Le Pew but the thing on the wall was a female character so it ain't Pepe

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 года назад +1

      @@xfirty2x nope that ain't Pepe as Pepe isn't female like that character was

  • @lynnvega5037
    @lynnvega5037 3 года назад +25

    I love it when they do hospitals/asylums, stuff like that.

  • @Bhroshae
    @Bhroshae 3 года назад +162

    That skunk is reminiscent of Pepe Le Pew. The Looney Tunes skunk that was French, a womanizer (skunkanizer?) & was mistaken for a cat. It also could have been his GF Penelope who was actually a cat & was mistaken for a skunk.

  • @codyprine9200
    @codyprine9200 3 года назад +37

    19:38 That looks like a "don't Sue us" version of Pepe Le Pew.

  • @joshuaayres8932
    @joshuaayres8932 3 года назад +49

    That chair is just sitting there, taking in the decay of the Last Supper as the mold slowly permeates everything.

    • @coyotemadness
      @coyotemadness 3 года назад +1

      The correct term is "just chillin" :)

  • @llllllll1014
    @llllllll1014 3 года назад +15

    I love that someone ventured deep into a dark and abandoned hospital so they could spraypaint a pot leaf on the wall

  • @bethanie3793
    @bethanie3793 3 года назад +48

    Time to order pizza!!!! A tradition when you upload! Perfect way to end the work week watching you guys!!!!!!

  • @pkm5150
    @pkm5150 3 года назад +7

    I worked at this hospital when it was open.
    Sad to see that the company who bought the hospital, which supposedly prides itself and taking care of things and people, left it in such shambles after the new hospital was built.

  • @henkdouma8448
    @henkdouma8448 3 года назад +60

    At 19:30 There was a cartoon with a skunk-character 'Pepe le Pew' that chases a female cat of which he thinks it's a skunk too (because accidentally got some white paint over her black fur). Maybe that is Pepe?

    • @kaelz8021
      @kaelz8021 3 года назад +3

      I think you are right. Pepe had that swoop hair sticking up like that.

    • @spritelass6712
      @spritelass6712 3 года назад +6

      yep, bad rendition of Pepe le Pew. It always made me uncomfortable how he stalked and assaulted the poor cat.

    • @foxracing8973
      @foxracing8973 3 года назад +1

      Thought the exact same thing. Oh ze moon...oh ze June! 😂

    • @CelticFay0
      @CelticFay0 3 года назад +3

      I feel so old right now! 🤣 When you don't know who pepe is......

    • @shorey66
      @shorey66 3 года назад

      Looking back, Pepe was more than a little rapey.

  • @Safikei
    @Safikei 3 года назад +15

    When you said you didn't have a respirator in your backpack, I could feel my lungs squeeze into tiny balls of anxiety.

  • @Ingens_Scherz
    @Ingens_Scherz 3 года назад +36

    You guys do the most wonderful, well-produced, atmospheric and informative urbex videos I've ever seen. Thanks!

  • @UnchartedTravel
    @UnchartedTravel 3 года назад +91

    Another fantastic video guys! Keep it up!

  • @shottingham
    @shottingham 3 года назад +15

    9:42 - that's a Genesys Dual Head Nuclear Gamma Camera so it doesn't need to be encased, nor is it dangerous.

    • @Troppa17
      @Troppa17 3 года назад +4

      Seems single headed to me but these were made by ADAC Laboratories form the mid/late 70ies to late 80ies in that design. So this thing must have been at least 20 years old in 2011. You're right the camera itself is not dangerous because the gamma source is the tracer (Technetium-99m in most cases) in the patient. So you wouldn't stay close to the patient during the examination without protection for obvious reasons.

    • @Just1Nora
      @Just1Nora 3 года назад

      @@Troppa17 makes me not wanna be the patient... 😳😬😬😬

  • @tsarmi9864
    @tsarmi9864 3 года назад +65

    I wish you had your respirator so you could've enjoyed it more without worrying so much about the mold and asbestos. My anxiety would not handle that well.

  • @kathrynchamberlin3405
    @kathrynchamberlin3405 3 года назад +20

    The treadmill and monitor were for cardiac stress tests

    • @davidm6819
      @davidm6819 3 года назад

      I was just going to say. I have had those nuclear stress tests multiple times. I know what that treadmill is all too well.

  • @Missjulie1975
    @Missjulie1975 3 года назад +10

    8:22 - looks like the keyboard for a controlling ultrasounds!
    19:45 - Pepé Le Pew is the character painted

  • @lemonjoy19
    @lemonjoy19 3 года назад +8

    I get so pumped up for this. I put my headphones on and sit in the dark and pretend im there with you guys. Best RUclips channel on my feed. Thank you

  • @Orin.
    @Orin. 3 года назад +4

    The pacing of your videos guys is what gets me hooked to watch more of your content. This, as usual, was a great footage.

  • @ifpstopmotions9720
    @ifpstopmotions9720 3 года назад +3

    One of those x-ray machines caused the biggest radioactive incident in Brasil. A clinic was abandoned with one inside, and scrappers found it and opened it. Inside they found a glowing powder, cesium, and carried it around. Some children even played with it, and ate it! A few people died when this happened, their house today was destroyed and their land covered in concrete. Even now some people still have health issues related to the radiation they were exposed to.

  • @keithbalke6352
    @keithbalke6352 3 года назад +9

    You guys are the best urban explorers hands down...... stay safe and look forward to more great work!

  • @tomwaters5090
    @tomwaters5090 3 года назад +32

    Maybe the reason they had a painting of The last supper in the cafeteria was a way to inspire the doctors and nurses to do better. Because for all we know that place had a lousy mortality rate.

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 года назад +5

      Nah st vincents owned it, catholic hospital

    • @JamesP_TheShedShop
      @JamesP_TheShedShop 3 года назад +5

      That painting was there long b4 st Vincent's was around. The food was excellent there and no st vincents did not own it nor was it a catholic hospital. We used to have a thing in this country called county general hospitals. Nowadays greed has stifled the practice of medicine.

    • @tomwaters5090
      @tomwaters5090 3 года назад +1

      @@JamesP_TheShedShop what was the difference between a general hospital and the hospitals of today?

    • @JamesP_TheShedShop
      @JamesP_TheShedShop 3 года назад

      @@tomwaters5090 county general hospitals were not owned by private corporations like the hospitals nowadays.

    • @tomwaters5090
      @tomwaters5090 3 года назад

      @@JamesP_TheShedShop so what's the difference between them and county hospitals

  • @annie_xo
    @annie_xo 3 года назад +13

    Serious Silent Hill vibes, especially the cafeteria. That painting would’ve been related to a puzzle for sure lol

  • @markhaus
    @markhaus 3 года назад +64

    I can’t get over how remarkably bad taste it is to have a “the last supper” print in a hospital cafeteria

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад +7

      Not bad taste, just extremely ironic. Especially if you’re eating the cafeteria food! Perhaps even a subliminal warning???

    • @ethandimitroff2658
      @ethandimitroff2658 3 года назад +5

      I think it's more amusing than anything because of the irony lol

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 года назад

      You do realize that the vast majority of people using the cafe would have been people visiting loved ones at the hospital and not actual patients (although I'm sure some patients would have used the cafe as well) so The Last Supper thing isn't as creepy as you make out

    • @markhaus
      @markhaus 3 года назад +2

      @@MrThedwp why does it matter if it’s patients or the friends/family of patients that see the image. The last thing you want is the suggestion that this will be the last place you see them

    • @MrThedwp
      @MrThedwp 3 года назад +1

      @@markhaus I need some more time to say my piece to you but don't have it at the moment but I will say I disagree with your statement

  • @elarson312
    @elarson312 3 года назад +12

    It’s amazing that these buildings are just abandoned when there time is done. It’s too bad they couldn’t be used for something else rather than rotting away.......

    • @unclemonster48
      @unclemonster48 3 года назад

      The amount of asbestos in that building was way too dangerous and expensive to reclaim it. So they had huge water sprayers up while they took a wrecking ball to it and a huge track hoe to do the demo.

  • @MickeyNixonFilms
    @MickeyNixonFilms 3 года назад +34

    Bryans voice in the intro is like a modulate song bird poem, smooth as butter. 😃🤘

  • @N.Cognito
    @N.Cognito 3 года назад +8

    Christmas decorations AND chair just chillin, great episode.

  • @Miakel
    @Miakel 3 года назад +7

    As soon as water starts getting into a building it all decays so rapidly. Keep up with your maintenance around your house and it will save you thousands

  • @Revkor
    @Revkor 3 года назад +6

    not even three minutes in and found the Christmas stuff. that has to be a record

  • @Ganiscol
    @Ganiscol 3 года назад +9

    That painting in the cafeteria cracked me up, I almost spilled my morning coffee - it just cant be that they put it originally in there, it had to be some explorers placing it here, right? 😂

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 года назад +5

      I am thinking it was a Catholic hospital, between the picture and the Bibles, however someone else commented they live near it, and it wasn't. 🤷‍♀️

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV 3 года назад +20

    "Is that the 'Last Supper'?! Jesus Chri..."

    • @nancymeehan421
      @nancymeehan421 3 года назад +1

      It means the food is really bad!

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 года назад +1

      @@nancymeehan421 Except in that particular location they ALL died!

  • @pulesjet
    @pulesjet 3 года назад +30

    Some hospital some place would be happy to have some of that equipment.

    • @AwesomeFish12
      @AwesomeFish12 3 года назад +8

      Plenty of places in the world without basic equipment. Shame to see it left to rust and decay.

    • @MrWc867
      @MrWc867 3 года назад +1

      Probably some federal law that it's outdated and can't be used. But yes another country can

    • @ashleyrowe8735
      @ashleyrowe8735 Год назад

      my mom worked at this hospital for 15 years and is now at the new one. this is where I live and the equipment was left due to the asbestos and wasn't allowed to be transferred into new hospital.

  • @allyjenny15
    @allyjenny15 3 года назад +7

    17:33 could be where they did exercise stress test for cardiac patients

  • @kelseymcdonnell1680
    @kelseymcdonnell1680 3 года назад +5

    8:34
    Isn't that for ultra sounds😂 he said controlling the xray room

  • @Floridamermaid
    @Floridamermaid 3 года назад +8

    Wow. I’m just watching the beginning and this place looks amazing! Can’t wait to watch the full thing.

    • @Floridamermaid
      @Floridamermaid 3 года назад

      @@silentlover1905 I’m a Patron. I get early access, you should check out their patreon if you have the funds for it. It’s worth it for two dollars,

  • @johnjamescraven300
    @johnjamescraven300 3 года назад +18

    I don't care if I need sleep and past midnight The Proper People video just dropped it's a needs must

  • @Raveheart
    @Raveheart 3 года назад +2

    Amazing how fast it gets worse if you don't take care of the building. The (perfectly fine) house I currently live in was built by my grandpa in the late 60s, same as the hospital.

  • @nicsmcke8566
    @nicsmcke8566 3 года назад +2

    I laughed way too hard at the 'Why would you have a painting called The Last Supper hanging in the cafeteria of a hospital' hahaha

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 3 года назад +3

    I’m sure I’ve said this before on your other videos but THANK YOU so much for these! They are a big distraction from all the major craziness in the country and the world at least for me. Even if only for a while. ❤️

  • @tbc27Z
    @tbc27Z 3 года назад +10

    OMG 😮~ I thought that you were going to go into that elevator. 🥺😯😬

  • @meitsme372
    @meitsme372 3 года назад +2

    10:02 It's a "nuclear medicine" machine. The patient drinks a radioactive dye, goes for some food (1 hour or so) to give the dye time to spread into the blood and the machine goes 360 degrees around and detects the dye thus mapping the blood circulatory system and hopefully detect abnormalities.

  • @mattd5757
    @mattd5757 3 года назад +1

    You guys make the best videos out there, clarity and focus. Very enjoyable to watch, im too old to do the exploring these days, but I enjoy watching u do it for me.

  • @mattm9069
    @mattm9069 3 года назад +34

    Damn, they demo'd this in 2019? How old is this footage?

    • @randomrazr
      @randomrazr 3 года назад

      not the most exciting one thats prob why

    • @lightningdemolition1964
      @lightningdemolition1964 3 года назад +3

      Old enough for the statute of limitations to run out?

    • @RNG-esus
      @RNG-esus 3 года назад +28

      They've said before they have TONNES of saved footage that they have stocked up just waiting to be released and they use it to buffer out the gaps between their more exciting adventures

  • @_KRose
    @_KRose 3 года назад +11

    Lots of mould ✔️
    Michael with no respirator as usual ✔️
    😂

    • @lolcatz88
      @lolcatz88 3 года назад +3

      Yeah he was like - excuse excuse excuse and I was like arrrrgh! Nooooooo!

  • @xmangox5832
    @xmangox5832 3 года назад +1

    I have a suggestion for a ghost town exploration if you're interested. It's a place not far from where I live. It's called Alberton.
    It's located in Washington, USA. It was an old farming town up until the late 1900's when it caught fire, flooded a few months after the fire, and lost money due to the expensive repairs. Finally, it was abandoned and a new farm town was built; Garfield. Just a suggestion tho, and it costs virtually nothing to explore.

  • @exactolutelyperfect2175
    @exactolutelyperfect2175 3 года назад +5

    It's cool seeing an old abandoned building from my state. The Carraway hospital video was also cool, but so are all these videos.

  • @user-gy6wq9ou1y
    @user-gy6wq9ou1y 3 года назад +13

    I have a hard time enjoying this vid, while watching Micheal walking around the moldy hell scape without respirator. I wouldn't be surprised if I hear about him being hella sick afterwards...

    • @dellahicks7231
      @dellahicks7231 3 года назад +6

      We had a comment going in the last video, discussing the issue of respirators not being worn.
      I have seen how asbestos affects an individual years after their exposure, and while I enjoy these videos, they are not worth it if the boys are not wearing their gear!

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 3 года назад +5

    the moss was creating soil for other plants to grow.

  • @chriscallen6897
    @chriscallen6897 3 года назад +1

    This is better than anything on TV! A new episode makes me smile 😃

  • @Helladamnleet
    @Helladamnleet 3 года назад +1

    It's always bizarre seeing hospitals in this condition. Like, some day the hospitals I grew up with and have went to my whole life will be replaced and become abandoned just like the old State hospital in my home town. Most of it is torn down, and it kind of looks like the last little bit isn't far behind.

  • @lostandfoundplaces
    @lostandfoundplaces 3 года назад +3

    "how can you have a painting named the last supper, hanging in a cafeteria in a hospital" ... Hilarious 😄

  • @marqbarq5977
    @marqbarq5977 3 года назад +3

    Those pipers around 11:35 were not cheap back in the day. They were for very precise measurements of reagents for lab tests. Back in the ‘90s they were about $100 each.

    • @tekvax01
      @tekvax01 3 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing hundreds of micropipettes... super pricey...

  • @The221194
    @The221194 3 года назад +2

    Hands down the best exploring channel here on YT 👍🏻 love these guys! U.K. number 1 fan ☺️

  • @aidenholloway3931
    @aidenholloway3931 3 года назад

    Hello, Proper People. Love what u guys do, and appreciate all the sketch that comes with it! Thank you for amazing abandoned videos!

  • @judithmcbride4023
    @judithmcbride4023 3 года назад +5

    The doctors rooms are “on call” rooms , for the residents to sleep IF they got a chance .

  • @sci-figuy6668
    @sci-figuy6668 3 года назад +12

    Zenith-the last well known American television brand. 🤔

    • @branhicks
      @branhicks 3 года назад +3

      Zenith is now part of LG

    • @bookFreak8191
      @bookFreak8191 3 года назад +2

      My parents used to own a Zenith TV. Seeing that logo took me way back, to early childhood,

  • @santiagovictor2004
    @santiagovictor2004 3 года назад

    I always look forward to these videos. whenever I hear the intro music It makes me feel that want to explore and learn about abandoned buildings. keep up the great work guys!

  • @cindyhenning7832
    @cindyhenning7832 Год назад

    Gosh I just love watching you guys. Waiting for some new ones. I have Been watched every single one of these

  • @defaultdriftco00
    @defaultdriftco00 3 года назад +3

    Went by there several times when it was operating, my dad lived there for years. Great explore guys!

  • @donparker8246
    @donparker8246 3 года назад +5

    8:37 that looks like a sonogram machine.

  • @Willow76ny
    @Willow76ny 3 года назад +1

    Another fascinating video. Thanks guys!

  • @taylormark125
    @taylormark125 2 года назад +1

    The machine at 09:42 is an Adac Genesys which is a SPECT scanner, not a CT, it only rotates very slowly so it's perfectly safe to stand near.

  • @Tim-Kaa
    @Tim-Kaa 3 года назад +6

    Next time you visit hospital or lab, make sure to bring dosimeter. You were passing through radiology room where staff prepare radioisotopes for injections. Who knows what's been forgotten and spilled. Also, there are historically known cases when cobalt 60 radioisotopes were forgotten in hospitals that were used as cold gamma knife. People who found them ended up dealing with horrendous results. Stay safe.

  • @liam.4010
    @liam.4010 3 года назад +13

    Instant click :) always love getting a notification for you guys

  • @constable012
    @constable012 3 года назад +2

    Fairly new biomedical tech here. The treadmill in the room that had the computer with it was probably part of a stress lab. Computer monitors patient ECG/EKG as it increases the speed and angle of the treadmill.

  • @molassescricket6663
    @molassescricket6663 3 года назад +1

    Guys the treadmill is for patients with cardiac issues. They are put on the treadmill while their heart is monitored to see how the heart rhythm is affected by stress induced by exertion or exercise. It’s called a treadmill test or stress test.

  • @gregorymaine9615
    @gregorymaine9615 3 года назад +13

    So the skunk "posed seductively" is Pepe Le Pew, he's a Looney Tunes character, I'm surprised you never heard of him. Also, the shell casings you found appear to be blanks, not surprising, a lit of police agencies rent empty industrial buildings to use for training. There's a place near me that had been closed for quite a while before an industrial auction occurred to clear out the buildings. When I went to the auction, there were casings litering the floors everywhere, both blanks and simunition (powder actuated paintballs) because the state Police had been doing training in the building in the weeks prior

  • @aerohard
    @aerohard 3 года назад +25

    If you find the room full of nurses just standing still, DON"T GO IN!

    • @allisonlueddecke1967
      @allisonlueddecke1967 3 года назад +1

      why?

    • @heathwellsNZ
      @heathwellsNZ 3 года назад +3

      That'd be a nightmare for sure!

    • @beccaking13
      @beccaking13 3 года назад +1

      I was really getting Alchemilla vibes from this place 😂

    • @skeeter21able
      @skeeter21able 3 года назад +2

      @@allisonlueddecke1967, go watch Silent Hill the movie, and then, you will get what @aerohard is saying.

  • @jeffharper6259
    @jeffharper6259 3 года назад +1

    Wow! I was eight years old when they built this hospital and I'm only 61 years old now. We have working hospitals in Canada whose origins are far older than 1968 and therefore not abandoned.

  • @sapphicdreamer
    @sapphicdreamer 3 года назад +2

    amazing as always

  • @rawdawgg_
    @rawdawgg_ 3 года назад +3

    Dont let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

    • @GMT400Chevy
      @GMT400Chevy 3 года назад

      But motec doesn't sell exhaust systems.

  • @EV87_
    @EV87_ 3 года назад +8

    Still waiting for an Astrodome exploration video!

  • @IdratherbeinHobbiton
    @IdratherbeinHobbiton 3 года назад +1

    24:16 so cool seeing the burn in image of what was there. Kinda like getting a look back in time when someone was in there.

  • @michailokeefeMooMoo
    @michailokeefeMooMoo 3 года назад +1

    Another great video from you guys

  • @markr1393
    @markr1393 3 года назад +8

    Love these videos thank you Brian and Michael for helping a agoraphobic fool explore things I will never see

  • @markpinther9296
    @markpinther9296 3 года назад +3

    The painting is there because it’s a Catholic hospital and the last supper is quite important to Catholics.

    • @ellie8721
      @ellie8721 3 года назад

      As it is to protestants.✝️

  • @MtnGuyMike
    @MtnGuyMike 3 года назад +1

    Nice exploration guys!

  • @HFkepley9312
    @HFkepley9312 3 года назад +1

    the equipment at 24:39 that is called NeuroFax is an old EEG machine that seemed to mostly used to monitor brainwaves to look for things like epilepsy if you notice the picture of the electrode placement is a picture of the top of the head and the strobe light on the arm can also be used for sleep monitoring. That is an old EEG system before it became completely digitalized for the most part.