Tag: Hospital
Knox County Infirmary Fire
The Knox County Infirmary, located in central Ohio, caught fire on June 26, 2015. Eight fire and medic departments responded to the scene. Because of the structural stability of the building, firefigh…
Tuberculosis, Today’s Ebola
If you are one of our older readers, you most likely remember those dedicated tuberculosis hospitals that were in every corner of the United States in the 20th century.
Tuberculosis (TB), an infect…
Monsour Medical Center Demolition Starts
Frustrated by failed attempts to have the Monsour family demolish the deteriorated hospital, the city of Jeannette and Westmoreland County have teamed up to tear down the Monsour Medical Center by the…
Springfield’s City Hospital
The Springfield City Hospital was located in Springfield, Ohio along High Street and was in operation from 1931 to 2011.…
Monsour Medical
For a town that has been on the economic decline for over two decades, Jeannette, Pennsylvania held its own as it was located near the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Toll Road 66. The town suffered a loss …
Before modern medicine, there was Hazelwood Sanatorium
Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that infects an individual's lungs, and until the development of streptomycin in 1943, there was no known cure. Louisville, Kentucky, a major United St…
