Can anyone tell me about Smithtown General Hosp? (Long Island)

politicat

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Wed Feb-22-06 06:01 PM
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Can anyone tell me about Smithtown General Hosp? (Long Island)

A friend mentioned today that she'd heard that the hospital that was the mythical base of Doc Webster (from the Callahan Series, by Spider Robinson) was closed and basically left to rot.

I found pictures of it (here: http://www.lioddities.com/Abandoned/Smithtown.htm ) but no explanation why a facility that big was just abandoned, and not reused for something useful, like a homeless shelter or a youth center or something.

It seemed quite the waste and rather sad, too, especially as it looked like the place was intentionally trashed when it was closed to make it hard to rehabilitate.

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