Pripyat hospital, former hospital in Ukraine
Pripyat Hospital is a multi-story building that once functioned as the central medical facility for the town. The interior reveals abandoned corridors, empty treatment rooms, a maternity ward, and a basement area where contaminated equipment was stored.
The facility was built to serve the growing population of Pripyat, especially workers from the nearby power plant and their families. After the explosion in April 1986, doctors treated firefighters and workers with severe injuries here before many were moved to Moscow for further care.
The facility takes its name from the nearby town and primarily served families of power plant workers. Many of the medical tools and furnishings visible today show how a Soviet health center of the 1980s was organized and functioned.
The building is part of guided tours through the exclusion zone, though the basement is off-limits to visitors due to high radiation readings. Some floors show clear signs of decay with broken windows and falling ceiling sections, so caution is needed when entering.
In the basement, helmets, boots, and gloves from the first firefighters who arrived on the morning of the accident still remain. These objects emit such high radiation that even decades later no one can safely touch them.
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