I was an LAC/USC nurse for several years in the 80s. We still wore all white back then, even when I was a jail ward nurse for 6months. Oh the stories I could tell! Having General Hospital on my resume brought respect and prestige, but mostly a sense of why I was a nurse, to bring mercy and care without prejudice and a sense of pride in myself and my profession. I know old county is closed, but the memories of its rooms and long halls as well as the staff and patients with be with me forever.

@monique-roselopez3540

2 жыл бұрын

Womens Hospital is gone too, it got torn down over a year ago

@MrLatinguyinLBC

7 ай бұрын

write a book....

@BlancaIbarra-qu1rc

28 күн бұрын

Do you remember what floor or ward was the aids ward?

I was there as a patient in 1992 from a motorcycle accident. They took good care of me. I'll never forget the old wooden wheelchairs that were still in use then.

I miss Huell. He was a vibrant, curious and enthusiastic historian hidden behind an approachable and folksy man.

@ChrisGtek

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great way to describe him! 💯💯 agree!

@JEK

Жыл бұрын

LA died soon after Huell

@robbyschwartz

Жыл бұрын

The man, the myth, the legend

I was born in general hospital in the sixties and was a patient saved my life a few times one of the best hospitals in the world!

I was born in this hospital and it has always fascinated me. So heartbroken they abandoned it. They should have left it alone and continue to use it. I remember passing by those halls and being mesmerized by the art work.

@okbro1734

4 жыл бұрын

1938-2008 the hospital

@Mark-ht1ed

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry i know you posted this a while ago, but it may make you feel better to know that we didn't abandon it!!! =) I feel just as sentimental about that place. We can't use it as our main hospital anymore because the building is old and doesn't meet important 21st century updates for inpatient hospital care. But we still use it as a community wellness center, do research there, and preserve it a as a historic site! The new hospital ("new county") is literally 10 feet away and we all pay homage to "old county" as we walk by. *source: current med student at new county, and my dad trained at old county.

@rockyhill9965

2 жыл бұрын

I too was born there. Nov 1954. I was also a patient there in 1976. It is a wonder of architecture. When looking at the best possible outcome for any patient's recovery, the new hospital has what it takes. It is purpose built to use the latest methods. i was there in March 2021 for open heart surgery, and it was a totally comforting experience. I still feel great!

I was born in that hospital...thank you for sharing this video. It brings nostalgia to my heart.

I was born there 1970..I always look at that building when traveling the 5 Freeway

@sunshineburst4551

4 жыл бұрын

I was born there in 1971!!! My mom had surgery there too an that hospital is so beautiful! I always look for it when I go to LA

@ezragonzalez8936

4 жыл бұрын

Was born there in 1977 so howdy 😄 wonder home many people are still alive that were born here..

@deborahdebose4486

3 жыл бұрын

I was born here in 1965, New years day.🤗

@teresat5075

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I was born there in June of 1959! 😅 Happy to have found this video.

@Bill-cv1xu

6 ай бұрын

Gone now

I have dealt with mental health issues over my life. I have had horrific care and treatment from so many places. But I ended up there one night, and have to say they did in incredible job of getting me processed and placed.

I am SOOOOOOOOO happy they are NOT tearing it down. When they said it is a registered protected landmark and would not be torn down I wept. I love that building. I remember being in love with it from the moment I saw it on General Hospital when my great grandma was watching "Her Stories!" (Soap Opera's)

I was born here too (1949) according to my Dad at one time it was the largest hospital in the world.

@rockyhill9965

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 1954.

Huell with his handshakes of eternity...

@mikecarter8880

4 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh did I miss an eternal handshake? Sometimes I am not sure what is going on but it is hysterical when he is so excited and talking and then gives a 30 second handshake.

@AudreyBradford

3 жыл бұрын

lmaooooooo @4:30 Even the doctor looks a bit stricken after

My aunt died of Cancer in the new hospital in 2014...but I don’t know even though she passed away in the new building I feel like the old building took a part of me when she left...😔 I get emotional passing by there even though years have passed.

Marilyn Monroe was born in the charity ward on June 1, 1926. In the same hospital

@pinkmenjey7445

3 жыл бұрын

1933 it was open

@calling_4_all_angels506

3 жыл бұрын

In a way you are both right. Marilyn Monroe was born at Los Angeles County General Hospital but they one built prior & just around the corner. The address on her birth certificate-1100 Mission Road & it became the the coroners office after they opened the 1934 Los Angeles County General Hospital on 1200 N state street. The updated address for the hospital/coroners office prior -1104 Mission Road, This building is also a landmark &?is where Norma Jean Baker was actually was born.

Wow the history thank u huell howser RIP SIR

I REMEMBER GOING THERE AS A LITTLE KID MY MOM WAS A PATIENT THERE WHEN SHE HAD SURGERY , ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF ALL TIME!

This is just beautiful History! I knew that hospital since I was a kid! It saved my mother's life many times and oh boy! It was something to be in there! They used to call it GOD'S HOTEL. It was huge but I remember always looking at all that beautiful architecture. Thank you so much for uploading this video! It's like I have recovered a part of my life that was only a memory.

@ryancowell6738

5 жыл бұрын

I work there :). Instead of tearing down, I am blessed to say that It has instead been repurposed for the community as The Wellness Center. Please check out www.thewellnesscenterla.org. I am blessed to make new history in such a historic site. Love you all. :)

@melissadrift4989

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryancowell6738 Do they use the whole building, though?

@ryancowell6738

5 жыл бұрын

@@melissadrift4989 the 5th floor up is temporarily abandoned. Soon the rest of the building shall be repurposed to give back to the community.

@mrfish8266

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Cowell is it possible to go there?

@ezragonzalez8936

4 жыл бұрын

Was Marilyn Monroe born there her biography says General Hospital 1926 ??

growing up in Ramona gardens in the 1960s we used to take are skate boards in the tunnels. We had fun.

i remember that you could walk through the old hospital ...just out of curiosity...all over no cameras. kool...it still my hospital 💛💙💜

@adrinacande2856

7 жыл бұрын

mommie santa comments..💛

@adrinacande2856

7 жыл бұрын

huell..miss you 💙💛💚

I was a surgical patient there in 1976. What a fantastic work that building is. And that overhead speaker system had the lady announcing every minute - _"Dr. Jones- call 291, Dr. Abrams - call 322"_. There were no beepers then.

Wowsers!! What a terrific resource for the citizens of SoCal.

I used to go to this hospital all the time as a kid. My mom was really sick and the doctors were so good to her. I have so many memories of this beautiful hospital. I've always been fascinated by it. Thank you for this video.

I love his interviews!

Thank you for this video I was born in 1967 in that very hospital it's beautiful outside and in

This was so informative...I Truly Love History. Huell makes everything interesting, he’s has such A Great Since Of Humor, it was not until yesterday I started watching his videos. So sorry to hear about his passing. He truly reminds me of my Grandfather with his ZEST FOR LIFE,

As a college student, I worked in this old building in Medical Records. I wish they would have gone into the old area where the records were kept. I'm sure all those are micro filmed now but there used to be literally acres of files there. . I think it was the 18th floor where they kept preserved specimens. I was just a kid and would snope around lots of places where I wasn't supposed to be. This really brings back lots of memories.

@ojromero101

7 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out next time I go in.

@urban_indy8262

5 жыл бұрын

@@ojromero101 classic oj lolol

@lorenaacosta67

4 жыл бұрын

Hello where do you think I can look up my mothers stay there when she gave birth to me? any suggestions would really like to read her medical records

@dj33036

4 жыл бұрын

@@lorenaacosta67 I'm sure there is some sort of Dept. of Records for Los Angeles County. Try contacting them. Sorry I can't be more help but I currently live in Mexico.

@ChrisGtek

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I’m sure you have lots of great stories of this place yourself

I work there :). Instead of tearing down, I am blessed to say that It has instead been repurposed for the community as The Wellness Center. Please check out www.thewellnesscenterla.org. I am blessed to make new history in such a historic site. Love you all. And yes I have a blue county ID Badge. Those are still used today. The former pool is now a outdoor patio for staff. :)

I remember punching a wall after getting into an argument with my dad. It break my hand and got a "boxer's fracture." Since I didn't have insurance, I had to visit the emergency room and this was the hospital that took me. There was so many people... I ended up waiting hours and ultimately overnight to actually see a doctor who also happened to be a student from USC medical. My facture didn't really heal up right but it was good enough. I can still type and use my pinky finger. Anyways... At least I had access to medical care.

My mother was born there in 1956 … I’ve been a patient there.. so have many of my relatives and friends . Including my father. It’s a unique building indeed. Very creepy looking at night to be honest. Also it was a place that will save your life but it was also a place of cruel staff and very ghetto type workers who treated patients poorly. I can remember many rude encounters with surly security guards and arrogant janitors and nurses and so on. It is shown in a bright light in this video but like anything else it also has a dark side.

@juanasanchez7671

2 жыл бұрын

So true my lost my baby sister at 26 weeks of pregnancy and the nurse showed my mom her little lifeless body and told her it's your fault she is dead

my dad was sick there in the 80's they had a childcare center in the front that the kids would stay while other family members would go see people in the ICU . I have many memories of the child care facility there . My dad past away in 1989 . I remember not being able to go on the floor he was on since there were so many people in the ward . that my dad had to wheel out his I.V to see us in the hall way .looking out the windows . if i remember right he was on the 15th floor . the marble being everywhere. i remember the emergency room have multicolored chairs .

Amazing hospital my mother was treated for cancer here for year ..i even got to experience the new one but nothing like this amazing historic building

I graduated from the County USC Medical Center School of Nursing in 1972. Best training ever! Was a 3 year live in program then and sad the dorm was torn down and it is now a 2 yr program. We need more schools like this! By our senior year we were literally running the various floors! When interviewing for a job years later all I had to do was tell them where I went to school and I was hired on the spot!

I had an uncle here in 2000. Used to visit often, man the memories

That's general hospital in California not in port Charles

In 1986, when I was 10, I had surgery there. My food pre op was great, post op, not so much. The oatmeal I got on my 10th birthday was cold by the time it arrived. The soup I got was cold and rhey gave me custard. Once I was released, my mom took me to the McDonald's right there and I ate 2 happy meals

Wow!! Now I know how the morgue looked like where my mom was in when she passed away 2004 at general hospital 😭😢

@ojromero101

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it's creepy. It's still used for training.

@jerryromero6609

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for ur loss. ❤

@roxxxy_3353

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss 🧡

@faithingod9554

5 жыл бұрын

Your cute💕

@msgcthrn

4 жыл бұрын

MMM

I loved watching Huell back in the day because he had the same curiosity and questions as me. This was such a fascinating episode because I am fascinated by this Art Deco historic building ♥️ Thank you for posting and sharing! I hope they make part of this hospital a museum for the public to visit. I hope someone restores the exterior of this building and light up the top floors at night as this building does represent Los Angeles the city of Angels 😇

I did my 5 year residency there 2006-2011; half at the old hospital and half at the new when it opened. Man it was crazy!!! I'll always cherish those experiences and so glad I don't ever have to do that again. Everything from homeless people with psychosis NOS threatening to kill me to celebrity MVAs.

My mother worked at the old blood bank from 1970-1995.

In the 80s, I use to go there monthly due to my sick sister. It was amazing to watch this.

Did my training there in late 70s.

thank you for sharing !!

Got to know and love this Hospital!! The new one is nice too

What a great show. Huell was the best.

The exterior shots of General Hospital!

BEAUTIFUL art deco building I hope it is registered as a national monument! I had been here once as a youth as I had a bad case of gastroenteritis presenting diarrhoea. (I had an over active thyroid gland that caused (Today since treated.

if I remember correctly, there is a KZread channel with a group of urban explorers, who where going through this old General Hospital building, and some of the places that I remember them showing were the operating theater, the kitchen , and maybe the morgue, and the Admin offices, but the building was pretty much empty, sad that it is abandoned, and just sits there unused now.

I went there daily in 1973. It was almost like the old Camarillo hospital (that closed in 1997 and is now largely haunted though partly is a college today). THere was a mental place in that area. Their workers there were pedophiles.THe other name was Linda Vista.

@CindyWu1665

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Carras also st Luke hospital from Pasadena is also abandoned

Great Hospital known for some great Doctors.Was a teaching an training hospital for new aspiring Drs.But always an Eerie feeling while some floors were closed off..Haunted feeling while in there..Something ill never forget while visiting my ex boyfriend who got shot ..We would hang in the stairways to smoke a cig. An always heard weird noicess screams etc..Spooky Hospital I've ever been.

@ojromero101

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it's still haunted!! Especially now since most of the floors are abandoned.

thank you for this great video

Very informative

Long Live Huell Howser

Wow I really like this documentary

Does anyone have photos of the long gone John Wesley Hospital on Hope St. and Adams Ave? I was there also.

Horrible place. My oldest brother died of aids in 1989 in that hospital. He was already in intensive care . Going there every day for over a week until he died. We never had a chance to talk to him. To say goodbye. 33 years later I still can’t drive by that place, and now I live in Los Angeles. Sadly we didn’t feel that anyone cared.

@BlancaIbarra-qu1rc

28 күн бұрын

What floor was he in?

I MISS YOU YOU MADE me laugh you are me dry l always enjoyed your shows RIP you will be fondly member

Beautiful building..Just know this from General Hospital opening credits and other films and shows...Hope it's still used..be a shame if it wasnt..

@michaelreyes7641

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately due to the age of the building the Northridge earthquake in 1994 caused some damage beyond repair so they built a new facility beside it to replace it.

This is my hospital best home hospital

That hospital was really Big ! I didn’t know they closed it .

I can remember my Dad being a patient here back in 1984 ..he was involved in a really bad automobile accident while delivering cars for his job off of the Grapevine (Ford Motor Co) he was drinking while driving & the other guy involved passed away so he was held in custody & busted up bad so they rushed him here to LAC+USC then known as "BIG-GENERAL" I was 14yrs old& can remember my Mom..Myself&Siblings having to access the 13th jail floor/ward from the rooftop where prisoners were handcuffed from wall to wall & seated in Indian Style waiting to be taken down& treated..admitted or released to County Jail .. everything in this clip reminds me of those terrible times.. that room&ward even looks like the exact one they had him in along with 4-5 other guys(rooms/wards were extra wide&long)..the nurses were cool..he was chained to the bed& had to use the bedpans..they all knew he needed 2 for his #2's😄🤪😆😁😂🤣 eventually he was released to jail/work-release ..they saved his life& he's still around @ the ripe old age of 86 today..inside&out the facilities Monstrous & Enormous size has always WOW'd Me 😳😲 ..glad it's going to remain as a preserved landmark.

I wonder how many from Hazard Grande and Gerarghty Loma were locked up on the 13th floor

@senilejoe7932

9 ай бұрын

4th street flats

My favorite program

This hospital got mama Dely, her first heart bypass back in 2002.❤ thank God, she survived that operation.❤

My mom passed in that hospital in 1989 on the 14th floor,I miss you momma.

I was born there in 1950 and was there every time that I had an asthma attack, back then you'd get 3 shots of adrenaline, 1 every 15 minutes. A grand old place.

@johnchiu6166

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, was a Med student in the late 80’s and that’s what we would give in the ER, in addition to albuterol via HHN every 15 minutes.

I miss this great man

We're going to go inside the hospital. WOWW!!! ECHO!!! ECHO!!!! ECHO!!!! Gotta love the Hausman. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The 13th floor gave me the creeps and my mom used to work there. I remember having to step off of the elevator when prisoners were arriving. The small waiting area while bright, was still creepy because the inmates stood right there waiting to go in.

The legendary LA County USCMC is truly extraordinary institution. I believe LA USCMC methods (past present future) are benchmarks to the medical profession. The institution should be the blueprint of what all hospitals should strive to be all across the US. Hospital formula of operation on a daily basis has proven time & time again even against odds (especially the legendary case & practices of C BOOTH since day 1) the team work system continuously meets the call of duty & above. Thats something to be praised! Why more hospitals in the US aren't looking into ways to bring at least a small portion of LA USCMC's method's in their institution is truly unbelievably & unacceptable really :(

The top floors of this place are abandoned now and it’s kinda sad now it was left in ruin

I'm glad they are preserving that building. So interesting. Every time we drove by on the 5 we would be impressed with how big it was. Of course the Jail Ward was on floor 13. lol.

@ojromero101

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's neglected. Nothing but old files, old equipment, photos, asbestos lol.

@ryancowell6738

5 жыл бұрын

I work there :). Instead of tearing down, I am blessed to say that It has instead been repurposed for the community as The Wellness Center. Please check out www.thewellnesscenterla.org. I am blessed to make new history in such a historic site. :)

R.I.P. Dr. Verne

Thank you, I have wanted this one for a long time. Can you post the Huell Howser episode where he visits Craftsman/Victorian homes in South Los Angeles???

This is where i was born in 1952 and in the 60's volunteered as a candy stripper. It was an amazing experience.

general hospital is in California not in port Charles ny

This place is HAUNTED!!

I was born there ✌✌

I am here after watching the latest episode of Ghost Adventures "LA Hospital of Horror"

I was there back in 2008 with a flu sitting next to a guy that got shoot

@faithingod9554

5 жыл бұрын

God dam

@joeoner6886

3 жыл бұрын

In the 90s that was a daily thing. I was born across in the women and children’s hospital

General Hospital In East California

# WELCOME TO GENERAL HOSPITAL

I help build the new USC Medical Center right in front, I would always take a moment and admire the architecture of that building…

I just drove pass the hospital on a trip to L.A and took a photo of the place because I know it from the soap General Hospital but damn I should have went in.

Got to know this hospital like the back & palm of my hand

My brother in (1992) and I (1991) born there

The Cafeteria food 🍽💟

Soap Opera General Hospital on ABC show location shots in front of County USC Hospital

Dr . Warball 😂😂😂😂😂

the old hospital is haunted. there have been numerous reports of unexplained noises and apparitions.

@ojromero101

7 жыл бұрын

Yes it is. I explored the whole building last week and it is haunted!

@renagtz

5 жыл бұрын

@@ojromero101 what did you see in that old hospital? What type of experiences?

@JSFMD

5 жыл бұрын

I do not rule out the possibility of haunting, but I can say that as an internal medicine resident at LAC-USC in the early 2000s, I spent many on-call nights in that hospital, walking through cavernous hallways with dim lights and footsteps echoing, covering 7700 (med-psych) ward, 7800 (general med) ward, 8700, 8800, etc., sleeping alone in a room where I took hospital sheets to make my bed, and thinking about how many people in the past had died on the very same bed and mattress I was sleeping on. In those 3 years, I never saw or felt a ghost, and I never heard any nurses or techs talk about ghosts. And that makes me think, why isn't every hospital and hospice in this country overflowing with ghosts, when most Americans die in those institutions?

@kelsadilla367

5 жыл бұрын

@@ojromero101 Maybe the "ghosts" are done with the Peppers Ghosts Effects?

Fun fact there are miles and miles of tunnels underneath county usc

@elizabeth_xo

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know this?

❤❤❤

The older Doctor sounds like James Gardner in the teaching surgery lab.

@charleel1800

4 жыл бұрын

Who the hell is James Gardner? Not the Jim Rockford I knew.

@tammygouletschrader8785

4 жыл бұрын

@@charleel1800 The actor who played him

@charleel1800

4 жыл бұрын

Tammy Goulet Schrader Lol. No kidding! But his name was James Garner, not GarDner.

Wonder if the tunnels underneath are haunted as well?

@ojromero101

3 жыл бұрын

It is. All of LAC+USC is haunted.

It’s been 15 years ago today November 7, 2023 since the old hospital closed on November 7, 2008

DAT's general hospital

After I was in a motorcycle wreck, not my fault, I was taken here and they set my broken leg wrong and 5 weeks later I was in Florida and the doctor there had to rebreak my leg to set it correctly, it's just a PRACTICE THAT'S NEVER MADE PERFECT.

This host is wayyyyyyyyyyy to happy

@senilejoe7932

9 ай бұрын

You could almost say he is gay

What year was this

I was born their 1995

Is this Linda Vista hospital in Boyle Hieights

If you were never a patient at county usc you are really really lucky. I've been a patient for more than 10 years and it's completely normal for the nurses to put me next to a prisoner waiting for treatment and I've seen an obese women being pushed in the ER in a Costco probably (while eating a bucket of KFC) on a regular weeknight the ER is completely packed with people with GSW and stabbings, dead babies, raped victims.

@w3r0ification

7 жыл бұрын

Keri Xianne they change it now the ER is empty now lol I wonder why tho I have been there two times and is always empty I even feel like they are afraid 😳

@renagtz

5 жыл бұрын

@@w3r0ification i was admitted to ER 3 times in May of this year it depends because it was pretty packed the 2nd and 3rd time I was there. The first time it wasn't packed but it was on a sunday past midnight and had to sit next to homeless stinky guy that was so high his eyes were black.