A sanatorium is a health center that can provide different medical benefits.
A sanatorium is a health center that, depending on the country, can specialize in different issues. It is a place where patients suffering from various disorders and diseases are cared for and can undergo different treatments.
The objective of a sanatorium, therefore, is to assist convalescent or sick people to achieve their cure. They generally have spaces for hospitalization: patients, in this way, settle in the sanatorium and spend the night in the establishment when it is necessary for their care.
Medical benefits of a sanatorium
Medical benefits depend on each sanatorium. It is common for them to have offices for consultations with specialists and to also have doctors on call who care for people who arrive unexpectedly with a health problem.
Many sanatoriums have an operating room for performing operations. It is also likely that these health centers have different equipment for carrying out studies and analyses , such as machines to perform x-rays , ultrasounds , tomography , electrocardiograms , etc.
The concept according to the region
All these benefits appear in the broader notion of sanatorium, which is used in countries like Argentina . In other nations, institutions that provide these services are known as hospitals . For Argentines, concepts such as sanatorium , hospital , clinic and even institute are often used as synonyms , although the idea of hospital is usually limited to the public institution that cares for people without social coverage.
In other parts of the world , the term sanatorium is reserved for establishments that specialize in the care of chronic patients , as was the case with tuberculosis patients in the 19th century .
There are legends about several abandoned sanatoriums.
Legends about abandoned sanatoriums
Throughout history, there have been numerous sanatoriums that, due to different circumstances, have been surrounded by controversy, legends and mysteries. All of them situations that continue to arouse interest today. And this would be the case of the following:
- Hellingly Mental Sanitarium . In the south of England , in the county of East Sussex , is where this hospital center is located, now abandoned, which was founded in 1898 and was intended to care for patients with different mental problems as well as those who had certain pathologies. infectious. The black legend that surrounds it says that the treatments given to the patients were so harsh and unique that, today, their ghostly voices can still be heard in the building.
- Sanatorium of the Watchtower . In the Spanish province of Ciudad Real is where this other ancient medical center was located, which also has behind it the legend of the mistreatment that was inflicted on patients. Hence it is believed that today one can still hear their laments and cries.
- Durán Sanatorium . This other abandoned hospital is located in Cartago ( Costa Rica ), which focused primarily on tuberculosis patients. The episodes that occurred later, such as the eruption of the Irazú volcano, put an end to it, which has since been surrounded by legends about satanic rites and other issues.
- Holy Angel Sanatorium . In Navacerrada ( Madrid ), this healthcare enclave has been closed for more than twenty years, with everything from the voices of former patients still being heard today to the lights that turn on at night.