4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

I don't remember a roof, I think it was on the first floor but there was a drop to the ground from the window.

Silkster, I would say it was a dormitory given the size, window and door placement.

I was thinking that this morgue was a bit cramped; and yeah those trays are heavy enough without a body! I can't imagine working with a full grown or even obese man with these things.

I'd love to hear any more information about morgues, autopsy rooms and procedures from Lee or any other people in the field, I think it's quite fascinating... I was actually interested in pursuing the funeral director career when I was younger.

I've been to a few, and I will be posting some nicer, more intact ones soon! http://www.opacity.us/search/results/photos/morgue/

I've worked as a Funeral Director for 15 years. This style of mortuary refrigeration is a real pain to transfer a body from. The low door is fine, the next two are hard to lift from when placing the body on a stretcher. I pity the backs that lifted the body up on to the top compartment tray. Sometimes a lifting device was used to lift the tray up to the compartment so the tray could be slid in, but more often than not is was a back breaking lift. I don't miss these at all. They didn't keep the bodies very cold either. The seals around the doors were ineffective and the only insulation inside the walls was sawdust.

when i first became a nursing assist , probably fifteen years ago, i started out nightshift in a nursing home, i had one whole wing to myself which equaled out to 18 residents. I made on continuious round where all i did was change beds, it was a nightmare, and all for $6.oo and hour. I love being a cardiac care tech and not all aides that work with chroniclly ill people are abusive, some of us actually give a shit........ :-)

If it baffles us, imagine how it bewildered the patients. They must have emerged from the lavatory with such perplexed looks on their faces. It also leaves one to wonder how many have walked to the top and urinated out the window.

The randomness of that room baffles me.

That, I think, is the scariest of anny picture here. How it was just sealed off freaks me out.....

The false ceiling once again clashes with the rest of the dank, dark room.

Or a chair moved into the path of a surgical light :P.

"surgeries you can and cannot imagine, i got to see some of the medical aftermaths of pennhurst patients"

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The flase ceiling clashes with the eerieness of the hallway.

Very good condition.

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Entertainment, if only for a moment.