Nosocomephobia

Nosocomephobia (no-so-comb-phobia) is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals. Nosocomephobia (no-so-comb-phobia) is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals. Marc Siegel, a doctor and associate professor at the New York University Medical Center says, 'It's perfectly understandable why many people feel the way they do about a hospital stay,' and continues, 'You have control of your life ... up until you're admitted to a hospital.' U.S. President Richard Nixon was known to have a fear of hospitals after refusing to get a treatment for a blood clot in 1974 saying, 'if I go into the hospital, I'll never come out alive.' Nosocomephobia comes from the Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeion), 'hospital' and φόβος (phobos), 'fear'.