HOSPITAL X

“Hospital X” is situated on a parcel of approximate 300 acres of land located just outside a major Northeastern city. The land was originally used as a shooting range by the National Rifle Association, but in 1892 was given back to the state after countless resident noise complaints. 1912 saw the opening of a Farm Colony, putting the sick patients to work. The population grew to 150 patients, all living in the abandoned barracks left by the NRA. Eventually new buildings were constructed, and by 1959 the hospital had swollen to a population of 7,000 patients. The conditions were known as harsh, overcrowded, understaffed, much like most other institutions at this time.

Deinstitutionalization and new medical advances in drug treatment lead to a rapid decline in the size of the institution, and by 2006 part of the land was sold and only 470 patients were left. Naturally several abandoned buildings dot the property.

The hospital is known as the first such institution to showcase a museum of patient artwork.

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