Hagedorn Psychiatric hospital was once a famous facility for mental illness, but today it's shut down by the state government. This old hospital is located on Sanatorium road, New Jersey, it is an old abandoned mental treatment facility. Patients came all around the United States here for treatment but this place holds a dark history. So let's get to know about this place's history.

History of Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital 

In 1907 the hospital was built and opened for the treatment of tuberculosis. The hospital was later named after the state senator Garett W Hagedorn. Earlier the facility was an example for the treatment of tuberculosis. But in its early days, the hospital only treated the curable patients of tuberculosis. Between 1907 to 1929 the hospital treated more than 10000 patients.

Later in the following years, the facility also dealt with incurable patients.

In 1977 the government erected an extension to the vacant tuberculosis Center. That was also named after Garett W. Hagedorn, it was a geropsychiatric hospital.  The new facility is named Hagerdon psychiatric hospital. It consisted of 288 beds along with a state nursing home. It was built for the treatment of elderly patients who were mentally in. Different kinds of different ages are admitted here

Closing of Hagedorn Psychiatric hospital 

Due to the new tuberculosis treatment that emerged this old tuberculosis hospital fell into decay. Later years the hospital started to treat all types of chest disease but it didn't run long and slowly set apart. In 1970 the Hagedorn hospital was finally closed down. Due to a growing movement that spread away from institutionalization, both government-run and private mental health institutions started to shut down. In 2012 State governor Chris Christie officially shut down the psychiatric hospital. Due to saving 9 million dollars per year, this facility was closed down. At the time of its closing, there were 300 patients still treated in the hospital. Some of the patients were dealt with mental illness and others were elderly people.

Recent status of Hagedorn Psychiatric hospital 

After the closing of Hagedorn psychiatric hospital,l it was still in fascination among the people of New Jersey. In 2012 after announcing the budget the state government also announced the full shutdown of Hagedorn Psychiatric hospital, due to the low budget it can not maintain this facility any further. Today along with its glorious history this old sanitorium stood as a memorial for the poor souls who suffered here before taking to a safer and humane alternative.