sanitarium

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During the Spanish Civil War, Mr. Puig left town with his siblings and mother, a homemaker, taking refuge at a tuberculosis sanitarium founded by his aunt.

From Washington Post

Russia, long accustomed to Mr. Lukashenko’s eccentric ways but shocked by his sudden burst of open hostility, offered its own bizarre explanation of what the men were doing at the sanitarium.

From New York Times

That contrasts with Lukashenko’s diatribes against Russia last week, when Belarus’s security agency arrested 33 Russian security contractors at a sanitarium outside the Belarusian capital on charges of planning to stage mass riots.

From Washington Times

On Wednesday, the government released video footage of a nighttime raid this week on a sanitarium near Minsk, where 32 Russian fighters were arrested; another one was arrested in a different part of the country.

From New York Times

In 1986, the government did just that — compelling those afflicted, mostly young gay men, to live in sanitariums.

From Washington Post