254 Comments for Detroit Osteopathic Hospital

Thanks for posting these pictures. I was born in this hospital in 1963 and did a search and found your site. Must admit I have a fascination with history, photography and decay so it was cool to see what happened to this building - and the surrounding community. I grew up in Detroit so watching a city decline is something I got used to, but it's cool that at least The D seems to be on a rebound.

Yeah. I was born here too. Weird to see it. Wonder if I was in that thing?

The handles are removed so no one can climb in, get shut into and Then suffocate

There were plenty of babies born here. With its history at one time, this place was just as busy as any hospital in Detroit and one of the best for interns to learn in.

This is very eerie! Wow! I love seeing abandoned places.

This is very eerie! Wow! I love seeing abandoned places.

I was born here.

Hi MargUcci, yes Mr. Motts is kind of a nickname. Your work place certainly sounds eerie - I've explored a number of hospitals that had recently closed or were kept barely alive, and they all had that same quality you describe. Flickering lights, water stains and beeping fire alarms... I find it way more unnerving than a place that's been closed for years. I hope your facility can get back on its feet soon.

Hello. I am guessing your name is Mr. Motts from other comments.

I have been looking at your photos for several months -- most specifically the abandoned medical facilities. This particular set of photos is poignant because I work in a medical facility that is failing. I walk through a working hospital with ceiling tiles that sag, elevators that don't work and signage over labor and delivery that dates back to the 1970's. The bulb is out over the L&D signage and the entrance there looks like something out of a Stephen King movie.

I have never commented before but these shots hit home. I can very well see my desk/chair still there (worthless even to scroungers) with the ceiling falling on them when the hospital closes. It is odd at least to guess that I may be the last person to sit in a chair at a facility like the ones you photograph.

When I worked in the Emergency Room I carried a clothes pin to hold the curtains closed when I had to insert catheters or do other procedures that would expose the patient.

Those clocks were so annoying. They "ticked" really loudly and at certain times of the day they stopped so that all of the hospital clocks could be synchronized. You'd look up for the time and the dang thing would be stationary. Then it would jump to the hour and go back to normal operation.

Most likely the liquids in the containers were for preserving the removed organs. During autopsies sometimes the entire organ is removed for study and placed in a tupperware like container and covered with liquid that preserves the organ. At least that is my best nurse's guess. Embalming is not done at the time of autopsy. The funeral director does the embalming.

question is: does it still work.

I bet it smelled in there with all that mold, Lynne at least you have curtains in the bathrooms. A lot of places seem to have nothing. I wouldn’t want to be in that place.

What a bring room, all white. I guess the lamp is the only thing even slightly interesting