Mallorca hospital emergency stairs blocked since June

At Hospital Joan March on Mallorca, blocked emergency stairs leave patients and staff with fewer ways out if a fire breaks out, the STEI union warns. The union said on Friday, 13 November, that the stairs in module A have been blocked since June, when a risk of collapse was found. Access from the first and second floors has been unusable ever since.

There is another exit, but STEI says the blocked stairs are an important escape route in a fire. They are the only stairs in module A connecting the three floors with hospital wards to the roof.

Repairs were planned for October but have not begun, according to the union. STEI also raised concerns about the women’s changing room, which it says has been in poor condition since August. Waste water leaked into it after a fault in a bathroom in the men’s changing room above.

Topics: Health

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com