All four elevators out of service in building with internal clinics at the Clinical Centre
After the last working lift failed, patients with serious conditions and wheelchair users are being carried down stairs; repairs or a solution have not been implemented.
None of the four elevators in the building that houses several internal clinics at the Clinical Centre are working, forcing patients with severe conditions and wheelchair users to be carried down the stairs.
When the last working lift failed
The building contains four elevators, and until a few days ago only one was operational. When that final functioning lift broke down, the clinic was left without any functional elevator.
The failure affects patients who need help moving between floors: those with serious clinical conditions and people in wheelchairs are being carried on stairs so they can receive medical care. Staff and relatives have repeatedly had to assist in transporting patients by hand.
In the same building are located the Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Clinic for Nephrology, and the Clinic for Pulmonology and Allergology.
Civic complaints over the malfunctioning elevators have been made several times, but a permanent solution has not yet been implemented.
Photo: press material from the event
