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| Altnagelvin Hospital: RCN say staff concerned over tower block safety | |
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| The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said some staff at Altnagelvin hospital are concerned about the safety of the tower block where a fire broke out on Friday night. | |
| Three wards on the top floors of the unit are to be closed following the fire. | |
| The Western Health Trust said it was difficult to move patients from these levels following the fire. | |
| RCN officer Dessie Lowry said an "extensive report" was needed. | |
| "A number of staff are reflecting concerns portrayed by local politicians," he said. | |
| "We as an organisation are working with trust management to try and ensure recovery plans that are put in place are fit for purpose. | |
| "The report into this fire needs time and space to get it right. | |
| "We don't want to see a rushed report. | |
| "We want to see a report that is extensive in its nature and bring forward recommendations which can be put in place. | |
| "The trust have acted swiftly in permanently closing the top three wards." | |
| The trauma, orthopaedic and general medical wards are to be relocated. | The trauma, orthopaedic and general medical wards are to be relocated. |
| Patients from those wards are being cared for in other parts of the hospital. | Patients from those wards are being cared for in other parts of the hospital. |
| Eighteen procedures scheduled for Tuesday will be postponed. | Eighteen procedures scheduled for Tuesday will be postponed. |
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| Seven wards at the hospital were evacuated on Friday night after a fire started on the roof. | Seven wards at the hospital were evacuated on Friday night after a fire started on the roof. |
| The cause is still under investigation but the Fire and Rescue Service said it appears it was accidental. | The cause is still under investigation but the Fire and Rescue Service said it appears it was accidental. |
| It was the second fire at the premises in just over a fortnight. | It was the second fire at the premises in just over a fortnight. |
| On Monday, Health Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs in the assembly that the hospital was safe to use. | On Monday, Health Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs in the assembly that the hospital was safe to use. |
| He said he did not believe the fire was caused by anything involving the fabric of the building. | He said he did not believe the fire was caused by anything involving the fabric of the building. |
| Mr Poots was responding to concerns raised by SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey, who has called for an immediate inspection. | Mr Poots was responding to concerns raised by SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey, who has called for an immediate inspection. |
| Up to 120 patients had to be moved from the affected wards on Friday night. | Up to 120 patients had to be moved from the affected wards on Friday night. |
| The trust said five out of the seven wards evacuated on Friday evening following the fire were now operating normally. | The trust said five out of the seven wards evacuated on Friday evening following the fire were now operating normally. |
| It is reviewing the future use of wards 8, 9 and 10 and patients from those wards will continue to be cared for in other parts of the hospital. | It is reviewing the future use of wards 8, 9 and 10 and patients from those wards will continue to be cared for in other parts of the hospital. |