Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 1:59:09 GMT -5
For weeks, some hospitals in the Community of Madrid have been accumulating waste considered dangerous without the Ministry of Health doing anything to solve this problem. This has been reported by of Madrid, which provides images of the accumulation of biological waste , as well as individual protective equipment that has already been used with patients, in indoor warehouses and also in outdoor areas that can be accessible to staff. hospital and even any passerby. The reason this happens, according to the information provided to by those responsible for the hospitals, is that the company , concessionaire of the service, does not have space to store this waste , it cannot cope due to the increase in waste and the regulations. Waste collection is so strict that, outside of the state.
Alarm, the company cannot and has no obligation to take care of the surplus. According to these arguments put forward by those responsible for the hospitals, it is the Community of Madrid AOL Email List that should have updated the contract to allow the company to have authorization and compensation to collect the contracted excess waste , the union assures. With the increase in healthcare pressure, in this second wave of COVID-19, centers have multiplied the waste of personal protective equipment and also the biological waste from patients with coronavirus, to which is added the usual hazardous waste. from the treatment of other pathologies. Princess 2 waste La Princesa University Hospital Getafe, Móstoles, The Princess At the Hospital of Getafe, La Princesa and at the University Hospital of Móstoles, has asked the Management to expedite the removal of waste, because they consider it “biological bombs”. However, the centers insist that this is an issue that goes beyond their powers and that the Community of Madrid must address. In Getafe , hazardous waste containers are scattered in several areas.
Outside the center there are containers on pallets, in an area that can be accessible to anyone passing through and carries a clear risk to public health. They are also stored in the linen unloading area and under the Emergency ramp, in red bags that are identified as COVID waste. At the Hospital of Móstoles, waste accumulates in the old mortuary set up to store this waste temporarily, but "almost at its limit," says CCOO. Princess 3 WasteAt the La Princesa University Hospital , the containers with PPE and biological waste were stacked on the 2nd floor, outdoors, in the entrance area to the supply unloading hangar. demanded that the Management immediately remove these.
Alarm, the company cannot and has no obligation to take care of the surplus. According to these arguments put forward by those responsible for the hospitals, it is the Community of Madrid AOL Email List that should have updated the contract to allow the company to have authorization and compensation to collect the contracted excess waste , the union assures. With the increase in healthcare pressure, in this second wave of COVID-19, centers have multiplied the waste of personal protective equipment and also the biological waste from patients with coronavirus, to which is added the usual hazardous waste. from the treatment of other pathologies. Princess 2 waste La Princesa University Hospital Getafe, Móstoles, The Princess At the Hospital of Getafe, La Princesa and at the University Hospital of Móstoles, has asked the Management to expedite the removal of waste, because they consider it “biological bombs”. However, the centers insist that this is an issue that goes beyond their powers and that the Community of Madrid must address. In Getafe , hazardous waste containers are scattered in several areas.
Outside the center there are containers on pallets, in an area that can be accessible to anyone passing through and carries a clear risk to public health. They are also stored in the linen unloading area and under the Emergency ramp, in red bags that are identified as COVID waste. At the Hospital of Móstoles, waste accumulates in the old mortuary set up to store this waste temporarily, but "almost at its limit," says CCOO. Princess 3 WasteAt the La Princesa University Hospital , the containers with PPE and biological waste were stacked on the 2nd floor, outdoors, in the entrance area to the supply unloading hangar. demanded that the Management immediately remove these.