bensham hospital - 2006

[aeinstein]

hopefully a bit better report of whats there and deserted.

i explored over a few days, asking which bits are disused and which bits are inaccessible, and found a few interesting places.

shame i'm not a better photographer!

v. dusty xray table
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1036.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1036.jpg)

what?
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1034.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1034.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1031.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1031.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1015.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1015.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1013.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1013.jpg)

view of Team Valley Trading Estate from roof, pity there was no one to take pic of me up there!
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1007.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1007.jpg)

why is there always a knackered chair?
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1005.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/Copy2of110_1005.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1058.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1058.jpg)

gurney, used to transport dead folk.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1057.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1057.jpg)

fridge
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1056.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1056.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1054.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1054.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1052.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1052.jpg)

chapel of rest
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1048.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1048.jpg)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_110_1047.jpg (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/110_1047.jpg)

al

[McAldo]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i79/aeinstein1/th_Copy2of110_1034.jpg

Used for physiotherapy, when I broke my leg as a kid they had me hobble over stairs like these to get me moving and to get ready for 10 weeks of leg in plaster.

Al

[Azubi]

Nice stuff there dude. Is this the disused part of the hospital you work at?

[aeinstein]

Nice stuff there dude. Is this the disused part of the hospital you work at?

it sure is. it was a in-patient hospital until about about 3 years ago, when the nhs trust who own it decided everything should be on 1 site, not bensham, and built a new wing at the queen elizabeth hospital, also in gateshead.

there is still a day hospital and some out patient clinics, but otherwise its just offices. at least half of the site is just locked up and left, which is what i like to see, and the fact half of it is still open means that the pikeys and scallys cannot destroy it.

if it closes entirely, we'll take a spy!

al