Abandoned Hospital in Chicago With Power Still Running

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8 ай бұрын

In todays video we will be talking you with us as we explore an abandoned hospital located just outside of Chicago Illinois. The hospital, known as Westlake hospital, was suddenly closed down and then ended up in controversy as it was also eventually sued by the residents and the municipality for making broken promises to keep the hospital open.
Westlake hospitals origins date all the way back to 1927 but began to run into financial troubles after being sold to another parent medical company in 2018. That parent company purchased the hospital and promised the community members and stakeholders that they had plans to keep the hospital open and even expand the facility programs. However, those plans were soon abandoned, no pun intended, as in 2019, only a year after they bought the hospital, they announced that they were now bankrupt and closing down westlake hospital was a absolute necessity to save money. The local citizens and the city taxpayers were outraged by the broken promise and in turn, came together and filed a lawsuit. By 2021, the city actually won the lawsuit and in addition to that good news, the hospital was sold again to another medical group and since they took over ownership last year, they have been working tirelessly to get the hospital back up to code and to hopefully to reopen it sometime in 2023.
As of 2023, the once abandoned westlake hospital is being renovated slowly but surely. Nearly all of the medical equipment has been auctioned off as currently abatement is underway. It will be rather interesting to see what happens with the former westlake hospital.
And that’s going to take us to the end of the todays video on westlake hospital that was closed due to bankruptcy and then sued for broken promises.
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@EmilyTienne 7 ай бұрын

Funny how one building is used to process newborns and the newly dead…all at the same time.

@Official_Kuraim 7 ай бұрын

How is that funny? Most hospitals do.

@EmilyTienne 7 ай бұрын

@@Official_Kuraim Well, duhhh. Yes, most hospitals do. It’s still a strange concept that the newborn, gravely sick and the dead inhabit one building.

@thomasmadden2258 6 ай бұрын

They clean out flatten building

@thomasmadden2258 6 ай бұрын

All record destroy & the build destroy build some thing else

@EmilyTienne 6 ай бұрын

@@thomasmadden2258 Thank you.

@razvandobos9759 6 ай бұрын

16:10 ah love it when you guys explore the radiology rooms! That room you just walked in appears to be a cardiac catheterization laboratory, or simply a cath lab. It’s a type of interventional radiology suite where they perform heart caths and insert stints into your blocked arteries. Very interesting wall tiles for a cath lab. Never seen that before especially with that dark green.

@bride4jesus0126 6 ай бұрын

*Stents 😂

@christopherleubner6633 6 ай бұрын

Yup that first one was a good one too, had a very large 15 inch diameter image intensifier tube on the C arm. With newer tech for imaging camera chips it would require very little radiation if used with that intensifier tube.❤

@kelliquinn1342 7 ай бұрын

So hear this empty hospital with electric sits empty while homeless veterans live in the street😢 millions of dollars of equipment sitting there just riding away😢 and the worst thing is this was the same way during covid and yet they spent all that money downtown Chicago we had something here workable immediately oh so sad so so sad😢😢😢

@chicago23cub 4 ай бұрын

I agree .

@joeskinwalker7628 8 ай бұрын

What a waste of a building and equipment. And the electricity is still running I wonder who's collecting on making the payments. The city mayor or governor should be notified about this open building with the electricity still running somebody is bound to get hurt. What a waste of money And resources.

@user-zx8de8op9l 6 ай бұрын

I wonder why these hospitals became abandoned in the first place. Many of those X-ray machines are not that old, as the 80's were a time of new innovation in healthcare.

@sergeantscumbag2116 7 ай бұрын

hospitals always give me the creeps their so depressing and cold

@customscreenprinting 8 ай бұрын

Abandoned Central thanks for sharing this video about the Abandoned westlake hospital in chicago it was a really good video and thanks aqgaing for sharing and God Bless.

@vilmamontano9977 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the videos!

@thestars386 8 ай бұрын

I Love these locations you guys find. Hospitals have to be one of the the most creepy to explore (I imagine) besides *asylums.* Thanks for this *wonderful exploration.*

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Hospitals are our favorite! Thanks for watching.

@RobertoHernandez-cx4yt 8 ай бұрын

This is very amazing keep up the good work 👏

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@erynd2524 6 ай бұрын

Ironically, I do security for a living and I would love to sneak into one of these places. I would get into sooooo much trouble if I pulled a stunt like this. 😎👍I love these videos and find them to be the next best thing to actually exploring. Stay safe!

@rossincognito273 6 ай бұрын

Bravo great work

@jeffclark3924 6 ай бұрын

Uber dope explore! Thanks for going back.

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jeff! Glad you enjoyed this video.

@user-ds1cf9oc3r 8 ай бұрын

I used to live by Westlake!! WOW

@corinag.hernandez9959 8 ай бұрын

I totally loved this video the morgue was small but creepy 😮

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!!

@darlenerussell9729 8 ай бұрын

Yes I enjoy it so awesome you got to explore it ❤❤❤❤❤

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@darlenerussell9729 8 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentral welcome ❤️❤️

@justmombeauty 8 ай бұрын

Idk why but tiled walls just make these abandoned hospitals feel more creepy.

@tnurse61 6 ай бұрын

i used to work there. great people there.

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching our video!

@lindawesler4007 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit! Glad you liked this video 🙌

@MonicaNico122 6 ай бұрын

Come mai un ospedale così bello è stato abbandonato?😮

@Chris-co7yv Ай бұрын

Hey man, new this exploring thing, around Chicago area as well, I’m very interested in trying to check the area out, I was hoping if you can maybe give any tips on how you got in or any other spots nearby, I’ve been to damen silos, and Hawthorne tower

@mathuetax 8 ай бұрын

10:30 so was that bit of flexible ductwork hanging down have a light inside it? 20:32 Wow, an SGI computer.

@TomokoAbe_ 8 ай бұрын

What do they plan to do with the building? Just let it be and rot away decades later? That makes no sense. It does not look like it is going to be renovated anytime soon :)

@DoNotChooseBlank 6 ай бұрын

I still don't know why the hospital is emty what happend that causes to close it?

@k.c3731 7 ай бұрын

Do you know why it closed? Also if they have plans for it or j leaving it abandoned

@boobooromero141 2 ай бұрын

Some of that equipment should be place in other hospitals. During the pandemic they couldn't find breathing machines. If they would have gone to some of these abandoned hospitals, they could have found some equipment and saved lives!

@rebokfleetfoot 8 ай бұрын

how do you guys find these places?

@zachbenore6724 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if they still have backup generators in there

@razvandobos9759 6 ай бұрын

12:29 that’s a fluoroscopic x-ray room with the overhead X-ray tube and fluoro tower with the tilted table and TV monitor. That special x-ray machine in the OR in surgery you guys were in was a fluoroscopic machine of some kind. Must be a interventional radiology room.

@leonmott8419 5 ай бұрын

00:16 that’s a Cath lab, I cleaned one the other day and I was tempted to push the buttons 🤣

@leslienorthern9455 7 ай бұрын

That room with green tile is a hybrid room. Endovascular procedures were performed in there.

@Lonemacaroon 11 сағат бұрын

Covid I think

@gordonleahy1364 8 ай бұрын

I'd like to see more abandoned funeral homes.

@greywebs1944 7 ай бұрын

Loads on KZfaq.

@michaelloving8004 7 ай бұрын

those rooms with that big machine is called fluoroscope and are used to perform catheterization like heart cath , interventional radiologists , interventional cardiologists

@bride4jesus0126 6 ай бұрын

C-Arm Fluoroscopy

@lesliehyde 6 ай бұрын

They are also used for doing guided lumbar punctures when a patient has some complex issues preventing a blind approach.

@NateKK7 8 ай бұрын

I hope they didn’t leave those machines in, those are still relatively modern and usable.

@Orangetantrum22 7 ай бұрын

Security at an abandoned hospital is kinda odd, but typical because if equipment is being damaged or not accounted for then i could believe it especially high value equipment but still kinda odd if they subconsciously left everything in the idea of getting better equipment

@abandonedcentral 7 ай бұрын

Its actually not odd at all. The building itself is worth a lot of money. In a city like Chicago, this building would be covered in graffiti and completely vandalized within a few months if they didn't have security. 5 years being abandoned, there was zero graffiti and vandalism because security was present. 95% of explorers also didn't get to see this building because security scared them from entering.

@EasyCheesyChodes 7 ай бұрын

That vintage Silicon Graphics computer by the MRI machine is worth some coin.

@Hamsamoon 8 ай бұрын

This place is a Time Capsule. My grandpa sold the land

@Noodleude 4 ай бұрын

octane spotted 👀

@movieedge7370 8 ай бұрын

My mother-in-law, was is one of the last people to work there before it closed

@mommabear2305 6 ай бұрын

What was the reason given for the closure? I have my own ideas, but just curious as to what they were told.

@jayarina2535 5 ай бұрын

Why were these hospitals closed

@rlnstn9300 8 ай бұрын

That would be a good place for a ghost hunt

@rhondaharter793 14 күн бұрын

I use to work there

@leep5113 8 ай бұрын

I hope they’ve taken the radioactive isotopes out of those x-ray and radiation therapy machines. It could be deadly otherwise

@willowvilla9659 7 ай бұрын

They get less radioactive fairly fast as long as they don't saw into the lead casing they should be fine

@se7enspac3s 6 ай бұрын

Xray machines contain no isotopes. Just a fancy light bulb.

@izzyvfci 21 күн бұрын

They were a while back. I was in that place when the tear down first started.

@krist6687 2 ай бұрын

Hi I live in Chicago and problem with this particular hospital was that they could not find a company to purchase the hospital or group I should say and run the hospital the way they wanted to run it due to the area unfortunately it is very low income and crime is high in that area so there is a lot of issues you would need trauma centers to treat gunshot victims , yeah I said it , so that’s a problem as well. This property is being disputed over still and has sat empty for this while time. I hope eventually they figure it out but I doubt it , since it seems to be an issue .

@Chris-co7yv Ай бұрын

Any update on that hospital

@Joe1120 7 ай бұрын

Got to ask why did the hospital shutdown in the first place?

@CommanderWiggins 6 ай бұрын

From what I can tell a new company came into ownership of the Healthcare network the hospital was part of, and chose to close it. It seems like they didn't have much of a reason other than wanting to save money. I believe there was enough public outcry about it that the hospital is now being renovated to be reopened in the future.

@berlindamoustafa1887 7 ай бұрын

I could use one of those desks

@movieedge7370 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if the Hospital is haunted 🤔

@KyKane 8 ай бұрын

so when i googled it 3 years ago they used it for covid?

@user-qy4xu7ni6i 8 ай бұрын

Trade?

@winter4953 4 ай бұрын

well?

@DennisFreitas-bn7nh 5 ай бұрын

Other scenario the Resident Evil 🤔

@robertmailhos8159 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like the hospital could not afford the service of security guard well at least you got to go back to that hospital and film it

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

They had security there for about 4 years then they finally removed them right before they cleaned it all out. Now its a full construction site. Plastic up everywhere because they started to renovate it.

@robertmailhos8159 8 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentral hopefully it will still be a fully functioning hospital for the people who need to get medical help

@thebeesknees9954 7 ай бұрын

JS I’d make my way right to the drugs, just to see what they left behind.

@timstubbs9779 3 ай бұрын

Wonder why health care cost so much. Waste

@user-jh5gg1dz8n 4 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤

@abandonedcentral 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching our video!

@HyPex808-2 6 ай бұрын

Why do they leave the power on? And who pays for the power?

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

They leave the power on so the pipes don't burst in the winter time. Usually the bank that took over the property will leave the power on.

@HyPex808-2 6 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentral thanks for the info!

@joiebrasington3562 2 ай бұрын

Have you ever been caught??? I worry about you!!!

@abandonedcentral 2 ай бұрын

Yes we have quite a few times. That comes along with this hobby.

@nannabou9437 8 ай бұрын

Those X Ray machines should be the 1st to be removed! Dangerous 😮. I would call the city and complain before some idiot trys to scrap them and contaminate the city with Radiation 😮 Awesome Video😊

@wardogies 8 ай бұрын

Those x-ray machines are harmless when turned off even when powered up the are not radioactive they produce radiation from the interaction of electrons when the collide with a spinning anode and produce high energy light

@kiezkerry3 8 ай бұрын

Why is this abondenend? All the stuff is in there i dont get it

@user-jh5gg1dz8n 6 ай бұрын

Cheryl b24 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤happy

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@jayarina2535 5 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentralwhy were these hospitals closed 🙄🙄🙄

@russellpine187 2 ай бұрын

I could smell death just watching this good watch

@daltonhammes2305 7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the last of us part 2

@abandonedcentral 7 ай бұрын

Being an urban explorer that was one of the best TV shows yet haha! Thanks for watching our video.

@krwd 7 ай бұрын

endless millions of dollars going to waste 🤢🤢

@tammyhatch2349 8 ай бұрын

Why is the POWER still on? Electricity

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

So the water pipes don’t burst in the winter and damage the entire building. Very common throughout USA for that reason.

@tammyhatch2349 8 ай бұрын

That makes sense....I didn't think about that.

@TheBestofFlintCityCouncil 7 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentral what you’re saying makes sense, but how does that apply to this particular building. They plan on demolishing this building, so why would they waste money and electricity to heat pipes in a building that they plan on demolishing😮

@mommabear2305 6 ай бұрын

@@TheBestofFlintCityCouncilThey need to remove the stuff first. Electricity and all for that for the people doing the de construction, I would assume.

@BorkBiscuit 7 ай бұрын

Hey y'all please do be careful if you're exploring a place with active construction or demolition...

@abandonedcentral 7 ай бұрын

We will. Thanks for watching our video.

@ashlee4512 8 ай бұрын

I think its the cath lab

@user-jh5gg1dz8n 3 ай бұрын

Cheryl b24

@katherinepatrick4140 8 ай бұрын

Thar need 2 bemused

@petepan9696 8 ай бұрын

Y’all ever encounter ghosts or spirits or odd stuff you cannot explain in these hospitals?

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Na we never have. Been doing this for many years now.

@keithcallaway5876 8 ай бұрын

@@abandonedcentralwould you ever do an extreme haunted abandoned place or house

@darkalligator 3 ай бұрын

Such a waste

@paulademarco1585 6 ай бұрын

@becomematrix 8 ай бұрын

Half life 2

@SarcasticMary 8 ай бұрын

Anyone else find it funny af that in the bio room, there's a sign that says no food or drinks allowed in the fridge?! 😆😆

@mommabear2305 6 ай бұрын

You're not supposed to have food you eat/consume mixed with meds that need to be kept cold. Big OSHA no, no.

@SarcasticMary 6 ай бұрын

@@mommabear2305 That's why I said that...

@mommabear2305 6 ай бұрын

@@SarcasticMary Oh ok! Didn't know if you were being serious or not.

@Soards217 6 ай бұрын

Wish you’d quit putting the exact location.. wonder how many people come in after you and scrap and steal everything valuable you show.

@abandonedcentral 6 ай бұрын

Hospital is completely cleaned out. Held the video for over a year until it was gutted. So not a single person went after us and scrapped it.

@MEEPEES 8 ай бұрын

Why are you in this hospital? This is by our home. We fought to keep this hospital open and you are trespassing. There are computers and other valuable things there and there are no trespassing signs on that hospital. YOU are breaking and entering.

@VivaSepulchre 7 ай бұрын

At least they didn't vandalize or anything. You live in Chiraq and you're worried about trespassers 🤭

@VivaSepulchre 7 ай бұрын

👑 KING VON👑 RIP

@meatplunger3996 7 ай бұрын

Honestly as long as they leave everything as it was when they got there, I don’t see the issue. Personally I think it’s great that they documented the building before it’s gone forever, leaving at least some of its history for people to see.

@Helloimapup 7 ай бұрын

Cry a river

@Jjangbunbun 7 ай бұрын

I could do without the obnoxious narration

@nickhansen9490 8 ай бұрын

Why do you break into a closed hospital, there's probably a reason why they have guards there, so it's probably not "public"

@nickhansen9490 8 ай бұрын

But for example, you don't know why the hospital was closed and guards were employed to keep people away. Could it be that you went into an "infected" area just to emphasize that you are simply the sharpest knife in the drawer!

@abandonedcentral 8 ай бұрын

Lol you obviously know nothing about this hobby Nick. Good try though. You just make yourself look like an idiot with comments like that.

@nickhansen9490 8 ай бұрын

But okay big respect, A bad criminal who simply films himself breaking the law HAHA