What does a famous psychic surgeon run in the state of Goiás?
Abadiânia Abadiânia is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is home to a famous Brazilian medium and "psychic surgeon" — João de Deus.
Hospital Colônia de Barbacena "Museu da Loucura" ("Museum of Madness"), formerly known as Hospital Colônia was a psychiatric hospital founded in 1903. The institution was located in the Brazilian city of Barbacena, Minas Gerais. From its foundation to 1980, Colônia was theatre of a genocide . Official estimates report over 60.000 deaths occurred inside the wards due to medical malpractice and torture over the years. Italian Psychiatrist Franco Basaglia compared the place to a Nazi concentration camp. In 2013, Brazilian journalist Daniela Arbex released an investigative book called "O Holocausto Brasileiro" (""The Brazilian Holocaust"") telling the stories of survivors and victims. The events inside Colônia were also a boost for the national anti-asylum movement.