Pripyat Hospital

I’ll keep the Ukraine photo theme going.  I don’t know about you, but I keep watching and reading everything I can find about the war in Ukraine.  I’m so sad about what’s happening and mad at the Russian government for doing it. 

I took these photos (pre-war) inside the abandoned hospital in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine.  This city is inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and a few miles from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Surgical Room

Hospital supply room

Optical Exam Room

I don’t know what this hospital bed was for

Baby nursery

Another nursery room in the OB department

Hospital Lobby

This is the Pripyat Hospital lobby inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.  This hospital received and cared for the firefighters who responded to the nuclear reactor disaster when the Chernobyl accident occurred.  All of the firefighters died of radiation exposure.

Chernobyl Surgical Suite

It’s hard to believe it has been two years since our Chernobyl trip.  We planned to go back this October, but that isn’t going to happen.  No shock there, since 2020 is messed up from top to bottom. 

I took this photo in the Pripyat Hospital, which is a few miles from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 

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St. Mary's Mercy Hospital

Today’s post is from an abandoned hospital in Gary Indiana.  I captured this during the filming of “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment”.  This abandoned hospital is in very rough shape.  Interestingly, the other half was converted into a City of Gary Police department.  So, we were careful not to draw attention to ourselves.  I think this was supply storeroom for their surgical rooms.

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Hospital Nursery

Here is another photo from inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.  I took this photo inside the hospital nursery located in the city of Pripyat.  There are a few rooms inside the hospital like this.  I have no idea how many babies were born there per year, but based on the nursery, it had to be a few hundred… I think.  This room is an iconic Chernobyl spot…..

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5 Star Room

I had a great time presenting to The Academy of Science & Art of Pittsburgh – Photographic Section ( http://pghphoto.org) last night.  I’ve lectured for them in the past and they’ve always been very nice to me.  Last night my presentation was about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.  I hope the group enjoyed the presentation as much as I enjoyed my time with them.  They have a ton of talented photographers in their club.  My thanks go out to them for hosting me.

Tonight’s photo is from an abandoned hospital in southwestern Pennsylvania.  I’ve taken so many photos in this facility and I love them all.      

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Day Room

This is another photo from my trip to the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Brownsville PA.  I think this would have been called the Day Room (or living room) in the nursing dormitory area.  I found it very interesting that when they closed this facility; they just left furniture, patient files, clothing, etc… in just about every room.  The people just disappeared and they left everything behind.

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Entrance To Brownsville General Hospital

Today’s photo is of the entrance to the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Pennsylvania.  This is sitting one block off the main street in this small town.  To learn more about this site, you can see two of my previous post on this location. 

http://brook-ward.com/blog/2013/10/31/happy-halloween-scary-hospital-ward

http://brook-ward.com/blog/2013/10/27/abandoned-piano

BIG NEWS:

Oh by the way, the folks at www.Nikonrumors.com featured me as a Guest Blogger today.  I am honored they allowed me to contribute toward their site.  You can see my article here: http://nikonrumors.com/2014/01/11/guest-post-shark-photography.aspx/

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Happy Halloween – Scary Hospital Ward

Today’s photo is of a hospital ward from within the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital.  Brad, Dave and I did a little Urbex (urban exploration) looking for some great photo opportunities.  Not only did we capture some great photos, but exploring these old sites is very interesting.  The architecture, design, and building materials of old structures are amazing compared to new facilities.  What can I say?  I am a sucker for old buildings and you can see why with this photo.

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Cell Block 3 – Hospital Department

In 1880, Eastern State Penitentiary’s Cell Block 3 was converted into the “Hospital Department” for the prison which included about 20 cells.  They tried to take care of all injuries and illness here to avoid transporting an inmate to a local hospital.  They had different types of physicians rotate through Cell Block 3 to perform a number of different surgeries, procedures and services.  Can you imagine having surgery in this environment???  You can see a picture of the surgery room below.  Cell Block 3 was in use for this purpose until the prison closed in 1970. 

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Operating Room