Emergency evacuation alarm generated in Razetti Hospital

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Emergency evacuation alarm generated in Razetti Hospital
05/02/2011 5:55 a.m. patients, families and staff who were in the emergency room were relocated temporarily because, officials said, would become a routine sanitation

Lizardo Rojas Aguilar

Patients were moved temporarily from the emergency Photo: Rafael Salazar
Barcelona .- Dozens of patients and their families were evicted from the hospital emergency room in Barcelona Luis Razetti yesterday morning, sparking alarm among the population, because they are rumored to be due to the presence of bacteria (Staphylococcus .)

At about 8:00 am, more than 30 patients were moved to the hallways adjacent to the emergency department, while his companions had to leave and placed outside the enclosure.

Patients and visitors staying at home and medical staff and workers had to put face masks, while police officers stood at the entrance to the area, to prevent others pass.

Who needed immediate attention were greeted by the front door of the health center.

The head of the main health center, Faisal Nouchett, denied the existence of any contamination and stressed that unemployment in the area responded to "a routine cleaning."

He said the sanitation work carried out regularly, and this time was a weekday because there were more staff to help.

The peculiarity lies in the use of masks in patients and because this measure is not usually taken during cleaning work. But, according to Nouchett, this was due to hygiene measures.

The head of Luis Razetti said further that there were no grounds for eviction due to bacteria, as the direction of Public Health Anzoatiguense Health Institute (Saludanz) prepared a study which found that there is no pollutant on campus.

Discomfort
However, the emergency evacuation caused inconvenience to users.

Emily Figueroa, a relative of a patient, said hospital staff told him to leave the place, something that had not occurred during the three days he had been in hospital in Barcelona.

"The officials sent patients to put masks and no one explained the reason for its decision. We just said we had to wait outside and nothing else. "
Same was the testimony of homemaker and worker Calcurian Ana Alexander Lara, who also objected that no one has given an explanation of the situation.
"First time since I've been here that this happens. Previously I had seen students with masks but do not know, "said Lara.

Pollution
Claudio China, a member of the Union of Health, announced he will ask the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) an investigation because several known cases of deaths linked to the presence of Staph. Questioned that the only thing authorities have done is pour water and chlorine.

He recalled that the kitchen walls are full of mushrooms and drop paint.

 

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Re: Emergency evacuation alarm generated in Razetti Hospital

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Eviction in bacteria presume Razetti generated alarm in patients
Written by JOSE MADRID ECS / USM josemadrid@nuevaprensa.web.ve
SATURDAY, 05 FEBRUARY 2011
Health Union says that a germ facilities took major health center in Anzo?tegui


Officials say emergency evacuation was due to cleaning
Barcelona .- A true atmosphere of confusion was what we experienced yesterday, within hours of the morning at the Emergency Hospital Doctor Luis Razetti of Barcelona. The alleged presence of bacteria in the hospital caused alarm in relatives of patients who were evicted without any explanation of the place.

Several people commented that around 7:00 am, an entrance of the emergency was blocked by the security personnel who sat in chairs blocked the passage of people and showed them that they went to the other door. In the other gate, two officials with facemasks only let in a few.

"When I tried to pass, one of the policemen told me that nobody could get in because there was a bacteria and were disinfected," said Virginia Ochoa, the daughter of one patient who was in the place.

Versions
Claudio China, a member of the Union of Health, said that for two years, the hospital is infected with a bacterium, which he said has affected the lives of at least 15 children in recent months.

With regard to the situation that occurred yesterday, said that it originated "product of despair," the head of Hospital Sanitation, Jos? Guaregua, so called for its removal, because you are qualified. "He sent to clean the floor with bleach and pass emergency a broom to the walls, and because they used a large amount of chlorine, many people panicked and left the staff had to put a face mask," he said.

"Anyone who enters the hospital is likely to be contaminated, more if you acne or any skin wound, in fact one of the nurses spent months in hospital who were infected," he said.

Refute rumors
For its part, the director of the Hospital Luis Razetti, Faisal Noucihed, denied the presence of bacteria in the hospital, ensuring that there have been several studies supporting their position.

With regard to the situation yesterday, said it was a "routine cleaning." "We performed on a weekday because we have more cleaning staff, doctors, waitresses and nurses to help us with the internal transfer of patients while they are clean and clear areas," he said.

"The use of cover mouths and gloves by staff are hygene measures as they are moving beds and equipment," he said.