Story 1, the hospital that never was.

There are numerous instances in which facilities originally intended to provide care and support have instead become places of darkness and suffering.

In the capital of Russia there is just such a place.

A building designed to be one of the country's leading medical facilities,

but destined to become a source of misery. Oh, So, When the doors which led from the street outside into the front office opened,

the duty sergeant didn't even bother to look up from his newspaper.

The sensors situated up above the entrance were so sensitive.

They were often triggered by passing cars rather than people entering the building.

It was not until he heard a low cough that he lowered the paper to find an elderly woman

standing there, cautiously regarding him.

In a blunt tone, the officer asked the woman why she was there at such a late hour, adding

that for her sake it had better be a matter of significant importance.

Her nervous reply was that she came in search of help, looking for a policeman to assist her in trying to locate her dog, which had gone missing.

Making no effort to hide his indignation, the sergeant told her that all of his officers were busy dealing with actual crimes,

ordering her to instead enlist the help of her friends or family.

Undeterred, the visitor replied that she had nobody else she could turn to, and even if she

did, she very much doubted that they would accompany her into the nearby derelict Bovrina Hospital.

At the mention of the abandoned building, the sergeant's eyes narrowed.

Folding the newspaper and lying it flat on the desk, he then

forwards and replied saying that nobody under any circumstances should be

entering that place.

If her dog had strayed there, then it was almost certainly dead, and that should be the end of the

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