St. Mary's Hospital (HBO series)

St. Mary's Hospital is a major location in HBO's The Last of Us. It was a former hospital before being converted into a research center and command base by .HBO's The Last of Us episode 9: "Look for the Light"
== History ==
=== Background ===
The hospital was located in . It was once used before the to help heal civilians who fell ill, needed surgery and other medical needs. After the outbreak, it fell into disuse. They had numerous wards, a pediatric wing for children, a parking lot on the bottom floor and at least six floors above it that elevators or a staircase could be used to access.
However, the setup a triage camp not far from the hospital to help injured civilians in the initial days after the outbreak.
=== Occupation by the Fireflies ===
Prior to , the transformed the hospital into their primary research base for finding a cure for Cordyceps. It replaced their original research base at the , leading the researchers stationed their to transfer to the hospital before the winter of 2023. , the group's leader, also transferred her remaining unit's members from to the hospital in the summer of 2023. 
The Fireflies marked the hospital as their territory, imprinting their insignia throughout the hospital and on landmarks outside. They repurposed the military's sandbag emplacements as their own to bolster their defenses. They also restored electricity to the building, ensuring the lights worked and medical equipment could be used for research and surgeries when necessary. They also manage to get the elevators working again.
==== Events of HBO's The Last of Us ====
In the spring of 2024, a Firefly patrol spotted and at the disused triage unit near the hospital. They captured and brought them to the hospital. On inspecting Ellie, the Fireflies' head surgeon concluded he could create a cure using her brain, though the surgery would kill her. Reluctantly, Marlene gave him permission to operate. 
However, Joel did not agree and fought against numerous Fireflies in the hospital, killing them all to reach Ellie. Once in the surgery room in the pediatrics unit, he killed the surgeon and carried Ellie out, taking her to the parking lot using the elevator. However, Marlene cornered Joel and tried to convince him to change his mind. His mind decided, he killed Marlene and fled the hospital, using one of the Fireflies' working trucks to do so.
== References ==
Category:HBO's The Last of Us locations