Behind the walls of a former hospital in Slovakia lies a piece of medical history. Abandoned corridors, peeling paint, and forgotten equipment are reminders of a time when Czechoslovakia still existed.

In 1893, the city council decided to build a new hospital, which officially opened on September 1, 1902. At the time, the city was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but it became part of Czechoslovakia after the First World War.

During the communist era, the hospital continued to expand. A parliamentary report from 1966 described serious capacity problems and plans for a new pavilion with 210 beds, an X-ray department, and a medical laboratory.

Whether the abandoned building was part of this expansion remains unconfirmed.

Remarkably, many traces of the building’s medical past remain intact.

An old X-ray room still contains a conventional X-ray system and examination table. Elsewhere, laboratory equipment, workbenches, and glass bottles remain. Hospital beds, medical instruments, and patient records have also been left behind.

Historical publications mention a former pulmonary department and a biochemistry laboratory among the abandoned parts of the hospital complex. However, the exact layout and original purpose of this particular building have not been fully documented.

Following the fall of communism in 1989 and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the hospital continued to develop. New buildings and modern medical facilities gradually replaced older departments.

Exactly when this building closed and why so much equipment was left behind remains unknown. The rest of the hospital complex is still operational.

Today, its abandoned treatment rooms, empty corridors, and deteriorating walls stand in stark contrast to the modern hospital next door.

The name Hospital ČSSR refers to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, which existed from 1960 to 1990. It is a fictional urbex name for a building where traces of medical history are still clearly visible.