Spindle County Hospital

**Spindle County Hospital**

Spindle County Hospital, or "Spins" as it is nicknamed by its residents, is one of the main sources of income for Spindle's Gate. Sprawling an impressive 6,000 acres of land, Spindle's County hospital accepts patients from across the United States for varying reasons, including court mandated therapy. Somehow, despite the constant influx of patients, Spins never seems to run out of room. In part, this could be due to the rapid discharge rates, which are usually attributed to the skills of Dr. Pater. While Spins is not officially labeled as an insane asylum, it solely treats disorders of the mind. Physical ailments are usually treated at home or with over the counter medications, or in rare cases, treated out-of-state.

Spindle County Hospital was built overtop the ruins of the Old Church. Much of what remains from the church is currently housed in the church basement, where as of now it sits collecting dust. However, Dr. Pater is currently advocating for a plan to put the denizens of Spins to work sorting through the rubble (Read more on the program here). However, as of the present day this program has not been confirmed.

Spindle County Hospital provides employee housing in a lot next to the asylum, included with the job position. As a result, many people seek out positions as an employee due to the company benefits provided. However, Spins has a highly selective employment process, in order to ensure the utmost safety of the patients. Generally, they only hire those with a degree in psychology, medicine, or a related study. Spindle County Hospital is renowned for the quality of their employees and their generous benefits packages, often tailored to suit their employee's specific needs.

As of 2020, Spindle County Hospital is part of a new program partnering with a large pharmaceutical company, as of now anonymous, to conduct studies testing new experimental treatments for varying mental health conditions such as depression and schizophrenia. Dr. Pater commented publicly on the program last year, calling it "revolutionary" and "a big step forward" in mental health treatment. None of the information collected in these studies has been released to the public, however.

Current patients in Spins include Faith.

> Do you know why they call this place ‘the Spins?’ It’s because it’s a cycle. It’s an endless fucking cycle. You come here. You get better. Then one day you wake up and you say ‘I’m feeling good today. Maybe I don’t need to take my meds this morning.’ And then you’ll go right back to doing the same shit that brought you here in the first place. It’s a washing machine. You’ll all spin, around and around and around, until you can’t anymore. I’ve seen it time and time again. The brain can only take so much. Eventually, after you’ve been spinning and spinning and spinning, after the world has dissolved into an endless gray sludge and your vision is blurred by the endless motion, your brain will just stop altogether. Give up. And there will be no more spinning. There will be no more reality. There will only be a vast empty Nothing, from now until the end of time. And you will become a part of that nothing. There will be no more you.
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> That’s why they call this place Spins. Humanity just never stops spinning. You just never stop spinning. You need to find something to hold onto, something real, something stable, and end the cycle. Until you can do that, I’ll just keep doing my job. Sitting in this room with you sick bastards just waiting for the switch to flip in your brains. And until it does, you’ll never leave this place. You’ll keep coming back, like a ghost crawling desperately back to its deathbed every night."
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