Hospitals

Hospitals are primary locations in the Grand Theft Auto series where the protagonist re-spawns after being wasted. Each hospital services a particular area of the game's map. The fee for hospital service depends on the game. Hospitals also provide health pickups and often have parked ambulances. These Ambulances can be used for Paramedic side missions existing throughout the GTA III era.
GTA III, GTA Advance, & GTA Liberty City Stories
Upon death in GTA III, the player is relieved of all their weapons (except on the iOS and Android versions of the game), as well as being charged $1,000 for medical treatment. The system is unchanged in GTA Liberty City Stories, except the cost of each hospital visit follows the same rate set beginning GTA Vice City, at only $100.
Sweeney General Hospital, Portland View, Portland "Catering since 1897"
- Adrenaline pill, in the building cleft north of the main entrances (only in GTA III)
- Two Health items in front of both main entrances
- Ambulances, most of the time on the ground (sometimes locked)
- Hidden Package on the building ledge on the east side (only in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories)
Carson General Hospital, Rockford, Staunton Island "Established 1973 - Because Health is Liberty"
- Two Health items on the grounds
- Ambulances, most of the time on the ground (sometimes locked)
- Hidden Package on the flat roof just right of the emergency entrance (only in Grand Theft Auto III)
Hope Medical College, Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale "Practicing Medicine for some Time now"
- Two Health items in front of the northern side entrance
- Ambulances, most of the time on the ground (sometimes locked)
- V8 Ghost of the senior consultant in front of the building (only in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories)
GTA Vice City & GTA Vice City Stories

Starting GTA Vice City, the cost of each visit to a hospital after death is reduced to $100, although the penalty of losing all weapons in hand remains. The system remains largely unchanged in GTA Vice City Stories, but the player has an added option of reclaiming their weapons for $2,000 after they respawn.
Ocean View Hospital, Ocean Beach, Vice City Beach
- Health item
- Ambulance in parking lot
- Air Ambulance on helipad (only in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories)
Shady Palms Hospital, Vice Point, Vice City Beach
West Haven Community Healthcare Centre, Little Havana, Vice City Mainland
- Health item just left of the entrance
- Ambulance, most of the time on the ground (only available in GTA Vice City Stories)
- Grenade behind the building on the basketball court (only in GTA Vice City).
Schuman Health Care Center, Downtown, Vice City Mainland
- Health item in the courtyard behind the stairs
- Ambulances, most of the time on the ground
- Hidden Package at the down leading ramp just turn the corner right (only in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City).
GTA San Andreas

When wasted in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas one is charged $100 for treatment, regardless how much money you own. The hospital will perform the confiscation of all your weapons, including melee/miscellaneous objects such as Cameras and Spray Cans. This can, however, be prevented when dating Katie Zhan. Dating Katie gives you the power of bribing for your weapons back and also not losing any money.
A thing to note is that, hospitals are not accessible, leaving only the exterior structure exposed. If the map legend is enabled, hospitals will be marked as a distinctive star. At least one hospital is located throughout each city and county in San Andreas.
- Los Santos
- San Fierro
- Las Venturas
- Rural San Andreas
- Crippen Memorial Hospital, Montgomery, Red County
- Fort Carson Medical Center, Fort Carson, Bone County
- El Quebrados Medical Center, El Quebrados, Tierra Robada
- Angel Pine Medical Center, Angel Pine, Whetstone
GTA IV & GTA Chinatown Wars

Medical costs in GTA IV depend largely on the amount of cash the player carries. If the player has less than $100,000, 10% of the cash in hand is deducted (i.e. if the player has $33,000, $3,300 is taken away, and they are left with $29,700). If the player has over $100,000, the payment is capped at $10,000. Much like the iOS and Android versions of GTA III, the player never loses their weapons even when wasted. GTA IV is the first of the games to have accessible hospitals, allowing players to explore the interior. When playing GTA IV Free Mode, in Multiplayer, one does not re-spawn at a designated hospital, they only re-spawn at an active area or place designated by session host.
This system carries over to the next game.
- Broker
- Dukes
- Bohan
- Algonquin
- Alderney
GTA V
- Los Santos
- Mount Zonah Medical Center, western Los Santos
- St. Fiacre Hospital
- Pillbox Hill Medical Center
- Central Los Santos Medical Center
- Blaine County
- Sandy Shores Medical Center, Sandy Shores
- The Bay Care Center, Paleto Bay
Trivia
- Hospitals were possibly accessible during development of GTA III, since text files including "You're perfectly healthy, get out of here!" and "I'll just fix you up" exist in the game. The first time hospitals were actually accessible in the series was in GTA IV.