An abandoned Cold War bunker packed with medical supplies in Hungary

During the Cold War, fear of nuclear, chemical or biological warfare led to the construction of many shelters in many countries.

Hungary: an underground Cold War military bunker with its equipment still intact
An abandoned air raid shelter still containing Cold War military hardware

In Hungary, the communist dictatorship imposed by Stalin after World War II made it mandatory to include shelters in its basements from 1950 onwards, under the BGS programme, which stands for "Bomba-Gáz-Szilánk" (Bomb, Gas and Shrapnel). In addition, there were bunkers dedicated to medical facilities, such as the Szikla Kórház (Rock Hospital), a secret facility located beneath the Buda Castle district in the country's capital, which is now a museum.

A few months ago, a Youtube channel dedicated to urban exploration, Aghorn & Louis, posted an interesting video showing an abandoned bunker full of medical supplies in Hungary. From what the two explorers show, the bunker seems to have been built in Budapest in the 1960s and to have remained active until less than two decades ago, judging by the abandoned material there (the video is in French, you can activate automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player):

You can see some screenshots from this video here. In the first one we see medical supplies next to a large red cross. One of the things that these explorers noticed is the intense bad smell in this bunker, probably due to the large quantity of chemical products inside.

Vials to treat people contaminated with neurotoxic gases, a type of gas designed to collapse the nervous system.

A sign in Hungarian with decontamination instructions. The bunker appears to have been intended to treat people affected by toxic gases and radiation.

Inside the bunker there is a large amount of medical equipment in relatively good condition despite the years of neglect. It is a shame that all this material is not in a museum.