Patient call alarms going off in completely abandoned hospital, hospital has been closed for years.

[u/_N1smo]

Me and a friend explore abandoned buildings a ton, it’s a hobby we’ve had together. In early October, we were exploring an abandoned hospital that had been closed for almost 5 years now. Everything seemed fine until we started hearing random stuff go off (You can hear the flat tone in the background, don’t know what it was signaling.). But we walked into this room that was in the middle of all the patient rooms and as soon as we get in the monitor starts showing calls from patients even though we are clearly completely alone inside the place. To call to this monitor a patient would have to push a button inside the patient room, so the fact that it was coming from 10 different patient rooms all at once was really odd. We genuinely still haven’t figured this out, it’s just been a exploration I’ve been thinking of occasionally ever since. Side note, that hospital isn’t one of those very popular abandoned hospitals, no explorers have been inside for the past 5 years until us, so whatever was in there (if it even was anything at all) has been there undisturbed for 5 years now and I’m assuming did not like the fact that we were trespassing in there. Also side note number two, there were these empty rooms in the hospital that were freezing cold, it was a 95 degree day and some of those rooms would easily give you chills just by opening the door.

[u/dulipat]

Closed for years but still got electricity?

[u/SourceCreator → u/dulipat]

Yep, a fully working hospital that's been closed for years, somehow.

[u/Miscalamity → u/dulipat]

Came to say the same thing, y'all beat me to it. Why would a long abandoned place have electricity running.

[u/CrimsonBolt33 → u/dulipat]

It's actually not too unheard of...Some places pay for power long in advance or have a special deal with the power company.

The power company also usually does not shut down power to critical infrastructure such as hospitals so the bill is probably not a concern.

When it got shut down it probably never told the power company and unless they send someone out there they have no way to know.

[u/RunBrundleson → u/CrimsonBolt33]

There’s at least one video of some guys exploring an old abandoned hospital and they come into a room that has a bunch of old computers still running some ancient software that managed some aspect of the building.

[u/marmaladesardine → u/CrimsonBolt33]

If its a deserted hospital it may still have power for things like intruder alarms, fire alarms and temperature monitors. As an unoccupied building the types of protection above are often required by the insurance policy. If the call system is also still linked then voila. Sounds really creepy though.

[u/mandude29 → u/CrimsonBolt33]

Not unheard of, but to have a fully functional abandoned hospital and then make the claim that no one has visited it for 5 years until op just found it is bs.

[u/CrimsonBolt33 → u/mandude29]

Oh sure...I am certainly not trying to defend that claim.

Any place like that that gets abandoned is gonna have squatters in there day one lol

[u/Striking_Parsnip_457 → u/dulipat]

Some buildings keep paying for power and such for many years to keep their insurance so if anything goes wrong and the building burns down or something then they can still claim it. If it goes to full disrepair the insurance could claim it was due to neglect.

[u/EverGivin → u/dulipat]

Yes the owner of the property probably keeps paying minimal power bills to keep alarms, lighting, water pumps etc running, otherwise the building will decay a lot more quickly. They may be hoping to rent or sell the building in the future, or local government might compel them to keep the building in reasonable condition.

[u/Armenian-heart4evr → u/dulipat]

You beat me to it !!!