This hospital was located in Athens city and established in 1874. The name of it was changed for a couple of times from Athens State Hospital, Ohio Mental Health Center, until Athens Lunatic Asylum.
It was built for only 500 patients but more than 2000
patients lived there in 1950s. It was expanded and had 78 wards. Some of
the insane treatment done were hydrotherapy, lobotomy, and electroshock. The patients
often died from Thorazine overdose.
The hospital was then closed in 1993 and the building was
given to ohio university. Today, the name of the building is The Rigdes which
is still used for medical needs. Still, most of the wards were empty and
terrifying because there were more than 1900 patients buried in it.
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