03/16/2021 11:52 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 03/16/2021 11:52 AM
The closure of the Spanish Hospital ordered by the Government Control Agency generated a new chapter in the dispute between the Nation and the City of Buenos Aires.
And beyond the fact that the head of PAMI, Luana Volnovich, assured that the closure of the health center that functions as a provider of this social work was due to "the lack of a wafer", the truth is that according to the closing act serious security flaws were detected.
Among other things, the autarkic body verified several irregularities such as the
lack of emergency lights
in all means of egress from the building, lack of registration and
maintenance of fire
installations
and
electrical installations with
exposed and melted cables.
In addition, always according to the minutes that Clarín was able to access, they detected the lack of registration and
maintenance of 12 elevators
and freight
elevators
and hot water tanks.
The inspectors also verified the existence of
3 diesel tanks of 25 liters each in one of the subsoils,
"which represents a serious fire hazard," as they explained.
The inspectors verified the existence of 3 diesel tanks of 25 liters each in one of the basements of the Spanish Hospital.
At the end of the inspection, they determined that
more than 70% of the building, which has
11 floors and 2 basements,
was not in working condition
, generating a
latent danger for patients and workers at
the site, so
preventive closure
was determined
.
The infractions and faults that they detected in the inspection that led to the closure of the institution were carried out as a result of an
official letter from the
National
Court
of First Instance in Commercial Matters No. 22, Secretariat No. 43. sent on March 5.
Inspectors at the Spanish Hospital found diesel drums and explained that "it represented a serious danger."
In addition to the AGC inspectors, members of the fire brigade from the IV Recoleta station in the City of Buenos Aires appeared at the scene, who verified that there was smoke coming from the third floor, "the product of a
melting of the cable covering.
that as a consequence they produced electrical problems that were temporarily contained until the definitive repair in rigor ".
The survey of the conditions of the Spanish Hospital after its preventive closure.
The Government Control Agency also reported that
on
January 22, 2021 they had already notified the authorities of the Spanish Hospital
to regularize the maintenance of the Fixed Fire Fighting Installations
(IFCI).
There they were required, among other things, to designate "a Maintenance Company to provide the maintenance service of the facility, which must make the reports on the operating status of the facility."
The closure was denounced by the head of PAMI, Luana Volnovich, who directly blamed Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and his Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, for the closure of the health center that serves more than 70 thousand members of that social work.
From the Government Control Agency they reported that on January 22, 2021 they had already notified that the maintenance of the Fixed Fire Fighting Installations (IFCI) should be regularized.
Nevertheless, the Buenosairean head of Government assured that it was a decision of an "independent" organism and said that it is not going to be "of the health a political discussion".
"Today we learned that the Spanish Hospital of PAMI was closed by the City of Buenos Aires. I hold @horaciorlarreta and @FernanQuirosBA responsible for any consequence derived from this decision," Volnovich wrote on his Twitter account late on Monday.
The subsoils of the Spanish Hospital and the breaches that led to the preventive closure.
The camper leader affirmed that "the Spanish Hospital serves 71 thousand affiliates and affiliates and is our largest referral center for Covid patients in CABA", and pointed out: "They closed a hospital in the midst of the largest pandemic that we have memory of for lack of "a wafer" and some emergency lights ???? ".
"For tomorrow (for this Tuesday) we had 26 surgeries, 680 shifts, 93 cancer patients, 8 patients for chemotherapy. And I could continue ... All these people tomorrow will not have a hospital and must be referred. We will file a legal complaint against the City in protection of pensioners and retirees of PAMI ", added Volnovich.
Today we learned that the Spanish Hospital of PAMI was closed by the City of Buenos Aires.
I hold @horaciorlarreta and @FernanQuirosBA responsible for any consequence derived from this decision.
pic.twitter.com/EJ9UeUikg4
- Luana Volnovich (@luanavolnovich) March 16, 2021
In addition, the head of PAMI assured that she contacted the Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof, and with other providers of the City of Buenos Aires to "initiate a massive referral process that could respond to this dramatic situation."
However, Rodríguez Larreta denied that the Buenos Aires Executive had any interference in the closing and assured that he was not going to "use health issues for political discussion."
"It was a technical decision resulting from the responsibility of the City to inspect and control. The control agency works independently, I have no interference in those control decisions. I am not going to get on to politicize something that has nothing to do with it. with politics. We have to be very prudent and I am not going to make health a political discussion, "he said in statements to radio La Red.
Founded in 1852, the Spanish Hospital has its main headquarters on Belgrano Avenue and is one of the most important providers that PAMI has in the City of Buenos Aires.
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