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==History==
Barbara General Hospital was founded in 1903 during the Edwardian era. It was built by noted philanthropist and psoriasis sufferer Archibald Winston as a medical clinic for the less fortunate.


During the early stages of the outbreak, Barbara General's chief administrator, Doctor Anja Arnheim, decided to convert the hospital into a general purpose shelter.<br>
[[Image:Barbara.jpg|left|thumb|280px|[[Dead Hand|Far too noisy. Just look at all that noise.]]]]
It was felt that this would better suit the current [as of July 2005] needs of the local citizens.<br>
{{ThumbRight|Barbara.jpg|500px|'''Barbara General six months after the Outbreak and before the massive clean-up'''}}
The hospital used to be frequented both by members of The People's Liberation of East Becktown, [[PLEB]], and the [[LXM]].<br>
Unfortunately, it has been some time since any member of either group has been spotted.<br>
 
In May 2016, the group the East Becktown Defenders was formed. Since that time, the EBD members have been the main guardian group in the suburb.
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Barbara General Hospital's earliest incarnation dates back to the Industrial Revolution, when it was erected by noted coprolalaia sufferer Winston Barbara as a private convalescent home for his long-suffering and unfortunately-named wife Barbara, whose frail mental state did not stand up well to her husband's condition. Though she, and several other Victorian socialites of similar nervous disposition, were treated by a small, sullen, and eerily mute caste of Eastern mystics, the paper-thin walls of the hospital still rang out daily and nightly with wails of "Please be quiet!" - evidently, the women's long lives of enduring aural unpleasantries had left too indelible a mark.
Untouched by artillery, mischief or the blitz throughout both World Wars, the staff at the ever-growing facility sill had to endure long periods of air-raid sirens, the explosions of shells and the collapsing of nearby buildings, all whilst just trying to get a bit of peace and quiet. And when Churchill was buried, by God, the ''noise'' from all those radios! Some people just have no decency. Even that nurse who went insane and killed seventeen newborn babies did it ''quietly''. For shame.
During the early stages of the outbreak, Barbara's chief of staff decided to seal up the hospital's doors and windows after forcibly "evacuating" the remaining patients, believing that at long last his peace had arrived. However, it was only shortly afterwards that people, ''all these noisy God damn '''people''''', started arriving, with the clankety generators and bang-bang-bang guns and ''all the incessant talking''. There's just no quiet around here any more.
[[Image:Makeshift clinic.jpg|left|500px]]<br>
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 1 March 2020

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Barbara General Hospital
Ferals overran this island of humanity. Multiple survivors, including DHPD officers, were killed.
--VVV RPGMBCWS 03:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Barbara General Hospital

East Becktown [23,38]

the Rideout Museum Gresley Cinema the Powe Arms
the Hutchinson Building Barbara General Hospital Billett Row School
Edward General Hospital Club Normandare Loney Row Police Department

Basic Info:

  • Excellent place to find first aid kits. Zombies frequently check inside.
  • Portable Generators have a use other than powering the lights and increasing search probability in hospitals. Players with the Surgery Skill can heal for 15 HP if the Hospital has a fueled up Generator.
  • Hospitals can be barricaded normally.
  • Among the internal descriptions found in Hospitals:
    • "...its wards and corridors blackened with the soot of a recent fire"
    • "...its empty wards criss-crossed with snapped quarantine tape."
    • "...one of the city's psychiatric hospitals."
    • "...dark corridors leading through abandoned wards."
    • "...its emergency room in disarray."
    • "...its lobby covered with quarantine posters."
    • "...a children's hospital with bright murals across the walls. "
    • "The main lobby is riddled with bullet holes."
    • "It was one of the last to be evacuated, and seems to have been cleared out in a hurry."
    • "...a derelict hospital that was closed down years ago."
Designated Entry Point
Designated Entry Point
Malton Hospitals

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Description

Barbara General Hospital [23,38] occupies a lovely old building of warm, honey-colored stonework. It is an entry point into the southeast quadrant of East Becktown.
The hospital is heavily used and maintained by the East Becktown Defenders.

There are six hospitals in this suburb. The others are:

Barricades

According to the East Becktown Barricade Plan, which is in compliance with the Uniform Barricading Policy of Malton, Barbara General Hospital must never be more than Very Strongly Barricaded (VSB+2). This hospital is one of six medical facilities in the suburb, therefore it must be kept accessible to shelter survivors at all times, with or without Free Running. The only exception is when the building is under siege from five or more undead, in which case it can be Extremely Heavily Barricaded (EHB). When the danger has passed, the barricades should be torn back down to VSB so everyone can enter again.

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Revives

For fast help, use the revive point at Davies Avenue [24, 35]. Originally, this revive point was maintained by the Malton Forensics Unit branch of the Department of Emergency Management.
These days [2019] it is patrolled by the East Becktown Defenders.

Current Status

Please see the East Becktown Building Information Center.

Interesting places in the area include the Loney Row Police Department [24, 39] and the Jensen Boulevard Police Department [21,40] in Lukinswood.
There are two NecroTech buildings: The Daubeney Building [26,35] and the Attwell Building [20,36].

Redcrosssmall.jpg Malton Hospitals Group
This hospital has been registered on the Malton Hospitals Group database, and can be guaranteed to have a doctor present.

Barbara General Hospital's earliest incarnation dates back to the Industrial Revolution, when it was erected by noted coprolalaia sufferer Winston Barbara as a private convalescent home for his long-suffering and unfortunately-named wife Barbara, whose frail mental state did not stand up well to her husband's condition. Though she, and several other Victorian socialites of similar nervous disposition, were treated by a small, sullen, and eerily mute caste of Eastern mystics, the paper-thin walls of the hospital still rang out daily and nightly with wails of "Please be quiet!" - evidently, the women's long lives of enduring aural unpleasantries had left too indelible a mark. Untouched by artillery, mischief or the blitz throughout both World Wars, the staff at the ever-growing facility sill had to endure long periods of air-raid sirens, the explosions of shells and the collapsing of nearby buildings, all whilst just trying to get a bit of peace and quiet. And when Churchill was buried, by God, the noise from all those radios! Some people just have no decency. Even that nurse who went insane and killed seventeen newborn babies did it quietly. For shame. During the early stages of the outbreak, Barbara's chief of staff decided to seal up the hospital's doors and windows after forcibly "evacuating" the remaining patients, believing that at long last his peace had arrived. However, it was only shortly afterwards that people, all these noisy God damn people, started arriving, with the clankety generators and bang-bang-bang guns and all the incessant talking. There's just no quiet around here any more.

Makeshift clinic.jpg