Sunday 26th June 2011
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is this morning assessing damage to it's A&E, Fracture Clinic and Main Entrance after fire ripped through the departments last night.
10 fire crews from all over Derbyshire and South Yorkshire were called to the scene after the alarm was raised at 9.20pm.
15 patients who were in the A&E dept when the fire broke out were stretchered to other hospitals, with what are described as 'walking wounded' treated elsewhere in the hospital. The Hospital was closed to Ambulance and 999 patients and remains so this morning, with patients being taken to Kingsmill Hopsital.
Believed to have started in the shop, the cause of he fire remains unknown but fire chiefs say investigations will begin this morning and fire crews remain at the scene. A minor injuries clinic is now in place at the Ambulance Station, Ashgate.
A joint statement released early this morning from Fire Chiefs and The Hospital reads as follows...
"Fire fighters are continuing to extinguish small hot spots (known as bulls eyes) in the main entrance area of Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
Fire crews will be at the scene for the remainder of the night; and the fire investigation will begin later today (Sunday 26th June 2011).
The fire is thought to have started in the hospital's main entrance newsagents, but was restricted, thanks to the fire resistant construction in the area. Accordingly damage has been limited to areas of the main entrance, A&E and the fracture clinic (suite 8).
During the incident crews attended from: Chesterfield, Alfreton, Bolsover, Shirebrook, Clay Cross (x 2), Matlock, Wirksworth, Sheffield Low Edges. Other appliances in attendance were the emergency tender from Buxton, the aerial ladder platform from Chesterfield, the incident command unit and the Breathing Apparatus unit from Staveley.
The hospital's A&E department remains closed, but an assessment will be made later today to establish when it (and the fracture clinic may re-open). To assist the workload of the East Midlands Ambulance Service, the hospital released three members of its A&E team to work in a minor injuries unit established at the ambulance station at Ashgate.
Chief Executive of the Royal, Eric Morton comments: "I would like to pay tribute to the team effort here tonight. Our staff, the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Derbyshire Constabulary, East Midlands Ambulance Service and others worked incredibly hard to ensure hospital services have been minimally affected.
"There is extensive damage to some areas but we will work as quickly as we can to repair this. We hope to have services back up to full strength within the next couple of days - albeit with some longer term reconstruction."
When the fire alarm was triggered, approximately 15 stretcher patients were transferred to other hospitals in the region. Others (walking wounded) were moved to a clinic within another part of the hospital to receive treatment. At no stage were in-patients evacuated from wards and there were no injuries as a direct result of the fire."
We will have more on the fire as we get it throughout the day .
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