Hôpital Civil de Charleroi – Abandoned Hospital, Belgium

Opening in the 1950s the CHU de Charleroi was a prominent building in the city centre. The purpose built facility had an accident and emergency unit and a large number of operating theatres. Patients were transferred to a brand new hospital a few miles away in Lodelinsart when the Civil Hospital of Charleroi closed in October 2014.

SpiderMoneky, Kriegaffe9 and I got over there just in time as the hospital has since been demolished. A proportion of the site had already gone when we visited, including many of the operating theatres. Luckily for us a couple still remained, complete with operating tables and lights.

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Operating table and equipment left behind in a theatre

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Operating theatre with table

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Operating theatre

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Operating theatre

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Corridor

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Twisted staircase

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Reception desk

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Corridor

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Empty room

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Glass block wall in a corridor

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Treatment room with curtain

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Laboratory

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Laboratory

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Seated scales facing windows

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Pharmacy

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Curved corridor

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Operating theatre

Hopital Civil de Charleroi – Lights in another operating theatre