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Fire trucks and several ambulances were present, on Sunday night, at the “Marius Nasta” Institute of the Capital, COVID unit, where the alert was given at 22:24, after smoke began to come out from the unit mobile ATI.
UPDATE 23:50. “Everything is fine, it was a minor incident, with a great scare, but” – Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu said, specifying that it was not a fire, but only a release of smoke or steam, to be established by firefighters. The lives of no patients were in danger and now they are transferred to the rooms of the Institute.
The incident involved equipment outside the hospital, which had been technically overhauled two months ago, the minister said.
He recalled that in terms of fire safety in hospitals, all units in the country are undergoing checks after the “Matei Balş” fire at the end of last month.
Smoke or steam in the air conditioning unit
In turn, Colonel Șchiopu of ISU Bucharest – Ilfov He specified that at 22:22 a fire was reported in the ATI mobile unit of “Marius Nasta”. The call came from hospital staff, who said they saw the flame. 8 trucks of water and foam, 2 ladder machines, 3 release crews, 12 SMURD crews and two ambulances were dispatched. The first intervention teams arrived at 10:30 p.m.
Patients were first evacuated to the hospital and then the source of smoke or vapor or “perhaps both” was verified. For this, it was opened air conditioning unit, where does it seem to have come from smoke or steam. However, firefighters did not find any broken wires here.
The ISU official stated that No steam or smoke entered the room where the patients were.
Medical personnel saw a smoke flame that quickly died
Institute Manager Marius Nasta, Beatrice MahlerHe said, in turn, that the personnel on duty – and who sounded the alarm – saw a flame of smoke, which did not spread and went out fairly quickly.
The manager explained that the patients in the mobile unit are in critical condition and were non-invasively oxygenated as a stage prior to intubation. In the ATI mobile unit, the equipment is more efficient and therefore it is preferred to oxygenate these patients here before they are transferred to the ward for eventual intubation.
So far, there have been no problems with the ATI mobile unit, which has been operating in “Marius Nasta” since October, the manager added.
UPDATE 23:35 The Minister of Health, Vlad Voiculescu, is at the “Marius Nasta” Institute and will make statements.
UPDATE 11:25 The fire brigade and SMURD teams are withdrawing from the “Marius Nasta” Institute, but, according to the procedures, a fire brigade team will remain in place.
UPDATE 23:20. The manager of the Marius Nasta Institute, Beatrice Mahler, told Digi24 that he was a generator in which, at some point, a open flame, which triggered the alert and mobilization.
The patients were transferred to the rooms of the “Marius Nasta” hospital
It wasn’t about the fire and now things are under control. The patients were transferred to the Institute building, two to the COVID intensive care unit and the other five to the ward.
None of the patients are intubatedsaid Beatrice Mahler, contrary to initial reports that five patients were intubated.
The manager explained that although there were intensive care units in the hospital building, these patients were kept in the mobile ATI unit in the courtyard of the Institute, because they were patients who needed non-invasive ventilation but were at imminent risk of being intubated. The mobile unit service was specially trained for such situations, so that the patients would benefit from a closer follow-up.
Institute “Marius Nasta”, a hospital with buildings of more than a century
The ATI mobile unit in the courtyard of the “Marius Nasta” hospital has been in operation since October and had been closed this week for periodic disinfection, reopening on Friday.
The “Marius Nasta” Hospital is an old building, with bodies built at the beginning of the 20th century. The outdated infrastructure sometimes does not adapt to modern equipment, and the ATI mobile unit has all the necessary equipment and its own generator, which starts automatically, even to guarantee air conditioning.
Even if the incident in “Marius Nasta” was more of a “scare”, as described by Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu, intervenes after two fires in the intensive care units of COVID hospitals (in Piatra Neamț and in ” Matei Balş “in Bucharest) caused, in just a few months, the death of several dozen patients and showed the main deficiencies of the outdated infrastructure of the hospital system in Romania.
UPDATE 23:05. “The Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumoftiziology informs patients, relatives and the public about the fact that tonight there was an incident with a ventilator located on the outer perimeter of the ATI mobile unit.
No patients were injured in this incident, and patients from the ATI mobile unit are being transferred to the ATI department inside.
We are currently on the ground to assess the situation and take the necessary action. We will return in detail, ”says Dr. Beatrice Mahler, director of the Institute of Pneumoftiziology” Marius Nasta “in a statement.
The ATI mobile unit has been in operation since October
UPGRADE. 23:00 Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu tells Digi24 that it is a generator that emitted smoke, possibly as a result of a power outage. In turn, Raed Arafat, the head of DSU, says that it was not a moment of fire, but only a release of smoke and now specialists are looking for the exact cause. Currently, there is no danger.
The ATI mobile unit has been used for several months by the “Marius Nasta” Institute, more precisely since October, and there have been no such incidents.
Checks will be carried out on all ATI mobile units in the country, if a problem is found in “Marius Nasta,” Raed Arafat said. Otherwise, periodic technical checks will be carried out.
Initial novelty:
There were 7 patients in the mobile unit, of which 5 were intubated. They were not injured and are in stable condition. They will be relocated to the institute building, they do not need to be transferred to other hospitals.
Eight fire trucks and eight SMURD crews intervened, but no smoke is being observed at this time and checks are underway to identify the outbreak, DSU said.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
