The Our Lady of Fate Polio Ward was one of the early additions built onto St. Joseph of Arimathea Hospital, opening officially in 1938. During the peak years of the American polio epidemic, the ward could hold up to 200 patients, and employed 30 "iron lung" apparati for patients with paralytic symptoms. Overall the ward had an excellent (for its time) recovery record and was widely regarded as one of the country's premiere polio treatment facilities, although there was an unfortunate incident in 1954 in which two of the respirators failed, and the children inside asphyxiated, trapped inside their metal cylinders, unable to move, breathe, or cry for help.
In the 1970s, after vaccines had sharply decreased the rate of polio infection, plans were made to remodel the ward as a general treatment center for children; however, funding disputes put the project on hold, and eventually the plans were forgotten. The Turner Madley Children's Hospital was built and dedicated in 1985, and now the Our Lady of Fate Polio Ward remains empty and forgotten in the maze of St. Joseph's many wings and additions.
After the destruction of Orpheus Group, the survivors took shelter here and organized a sort of improvised headquarters, from which they attempted to recover their strength and strike back agaisnt the opposition. However, they were eventually located and raided by the CIA.