What is known about the Bonsucesso Hospital fire | Rio de Janeiro

On the same day at night, the Fire Department recommended that the hospital Two of the six buildings that make up the hospital complex are empty. They were interned in the buildings almost 300 patients, which would be transferred to other health units.

Firefighters began fighting the blaze Tuesday morning. A “fight” that lasted all day. The corporation continued to do the sequels in Building 1 of the unit until 8 pm, but the expectation was that the work would progress overnight.

Under the G1 collects what is known so far about the fire that caused the death of two women and a third unidentified patient, and also emptied one of the most important health units in the state.

The two women who died after the fire were critically ill and hospitalized patients on the 3rd floor of Building 1. In the space for people infected by the new coronavirus, there were 23 hospitalized patients when the fire started.

There was also a third death confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday night, but no further information was released about the victim.

The first victim to be identified was 42-year-old radiologist Núbia Rodrigues. A resident of Penha, also in the Northern Zone, he was in a very serious condition in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the health unit with Covid-19.

Núbia’s son, Patrick Machado, told TV Globo that his mother was in good health, without comorbidities, but that she began to feel bad on Wednesday (21), with symptoms of the new coronavirus. Then his health deteriorated.

Núbia was even moved to Building 2, but could not bear the change of location and died.

The second victim an 83 year old woman, his identity was not revealed. The hospital staff reported that he was in the coronary ICU of the unit already in serious condition. She also would not have endured the transfer and would have died.

The management of the Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso reported that the fire started in basement of building 1, around 9:45 am. At the site, according to the statement, was the health unit warehouse, with more than 30 thousand disposable diapers stored. That would be an explanation for the difficulty of firefighters to control the flames.

Building 1 is considered the main building of the hospital complex (see below what worked in each building). The emergency room worked there and there were also hospitalized patients. In addition, it was in the building where the health unit imaging tests were performed.

The Bonsucesso Federal Hospital is made up of six wards, two of which have hospitalizations.

• Building 1 (where the fire started): Emergencies, hospitalizations and imaging tests.
• Building 2: Center of attention to women, children and adolescents
• Building 3: Clinical Oncology and Medical Experience
• Building 4: Administration
• Building 5: Laboratory, study center and medical residence
• Building 6: Ambulatory

No firefighters certificate

In the afternoon, the general commander of the Fire Brigade, Leandro Monteiro, who came to monitor the work of the military, said that the hospital “was not adequate” and had two notifications, in addition to two notices of violation issued by the corporation.

The unit, the commander concluded, “does not have a certificate of approval from the Fire Department.”

“I had already spoken with the director of the hospital. The hospital has two notices and two notices of violation with the corporation. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to intercept a hospital with approximately 600 beds, ”said Monteiro.

Report indicated issues

The Ombudsman’s Office (DPU) had already issued an alert for a possible fire at the Bonsucesso Hospital in a letter sent to the unit’s management in mid-October.

In the document, the Ombudsman asked that managers explain the fire fighting structure of the unit. A report from April this year indicated that the building had several problems that could turn into a major fire.

In another letter, the DPU asked the Fire Department to know the operating conditions of the hospital, and mainly check if there were plans for risk management and extinction of fires and panic situations.

The Federal Police opened an investigation to find out the circumstances of the fire and the interim governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro, reported that the state must also investigate what happened.

“The state protocol is that, in the first place, between the Fire Brigade and the Civil Defense extinguish the fire and help the victims. Shortly after, the Civil Police enters with the entire investigation process. The phase is now research. After the expertise, we can open an investigation to find out what happened, “said the governor.