St. Alfred's Hospital (Rhodenbank)

St Alfred's Hospital Rhodenbank [80,0] Border Border Border Cooke Cinema (Earletown) St Alfred's Hospital a junkyard Angus Towers (Earletown) Underhill Square Moberly Library 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 are listed as Tactical Resource Points. 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."

Description

St. Alfred's Hospital was a mental hospital located in the suburb of Rhodenbank, near the western border with the suburb of Earletown. The sanitarium first opened in 1926 as the Rhodenbank Health Reform Institute, based on the health principles advocated by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. In 1935, Dr. Nick Ulric Townsend became the superintendent, and his brother, W. K. Townsend, worked as the hospital's book keeper. In 1938, renovations and additions were built on the site, but it all burned down in 1942. In the following year it was rebuilt as a larger structure. In 1944, the military bought the complex and converted the buildings into St. Alfred's Military Hospital for treating soldiers wounded in World War II. By 1952 though, the military sold the hospital and the building's name was shortened to St. Alfred's Hospital.

Interestingly, Saint Alfred, after which the hospital is dedicated, was canonized by being enrolled among the doctors of the Church by Pope Pius XI in 1931. He was also named patron saint of learning, for he had, said the Pope, "that rare and divine gift, scientific instinct, in the highest degree . . .; he is exactly the saint whose example ought to inspire the present age". It is believed that it was for this reason that the military chose to dedicate the hospital in his name.

With over 200,000 patients having passed through the hospital's doors and 500 staff members, the sanitarium became a destination for both prominent and middle class citizens. Celebrated local figures who visited the sanitarium were known to influence and encourage enthusiasm for health and mental wellness among the general public upon ending their stay. The hospital was later nicknamed "The NUT House" by some of its patients, using an acronym of the superintendent's name. In the 50's and 60's the hospital became a popular place for the rich to go for a health retreat and dieting.

At the sanitarium, Townsend explored various treatments for his patients, including diet reform and frequent enemas. Very frequent enemas. He encouraged a low fat, low protein diet with an emphasis on whole grains, fiber-rich foods, and most importantly... nuts. Townsend also recommended a daily intake of fresh air, exercise, and the importance of personal hygiene. Many of his theories were later published in his 1976 book, "A Little Less Nutty".

Ever since the "Malton Incident" the hospital has changed from a plush rehab back to its true roots as a hospital meant for treating the injured. The staff that had remained, and those survivors who helped them, did the best that they could to help treat the injured and provide safe harbor for the citizens of Malton, but more often then not the hospital had come under siege from zombie hordes. Many are the times that the hospital has suffered for its attempts to keep its barricades low enough to let inexperienced survivors inside, as zombies have found the hospital a much easier target than the more fortress-like buildings surrounding it.

Mandate

The staff at St. Alfred's Hospital try to always support the following ideals:

1. To provide medical assistance to anyone and everyone who enters.
2. To cure the infected.
3. To keep its doors open to lower level survivors, if possible.

It is asked that survivors please note whether or not there is a portable generator within the hospital, and whether it has fuel or not. As a working portable generator is required for the Surgery skill it is asked the survivors provide support by replacing either the generator when destroyed or refilling its fuel supply when its exhausted. This in turn will allow the medical staff to provide more efficient aid to the injured.

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

Barricade Policy

This building follows the barricade policy set forth in the Rhodenbank Barricading Plan. Created by the Rhodenbank Civil Defense Corps, the policy dictates that almost every tactical resource point in Rhodenbank should only be Very Strongly (VS+2) barricaded and no higher, so as to be accessible to inexperienced survivors who do not have the Free Running skill. As a hospital it is important that every effort be made to keep an "open door" policy (i.e. VS+2 barricades) so that all survivors have access to medical assistance for dealing with injuries and/or infections.

Still, should the number of zombies rise above 5 within a 3x3 grid around the hospital or reports of nearby resources buildings being overrun be confirmed, then barricades should be raised to Extremely Heavily in order to protect everyone inside the hospital. Note that members of the RCDC have the right to lower the barricades to Very Strongly if they discover them raised higher without just cause.

Current Events

August 20th, 2008- The barricades were at VSB but were broken down today - one zombie got in and was last seen infecting the survivors who were left inside. August 19th, 2008- Last I checked, it was EHB. But I don't have free running so I don't know about the inside. There were some survivors outside banging on the 'cades.

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