The operating room and the neonatal service, which houses several premature babies from the hospital Carmen, ended up flooded after the intense rain that Huancayo endured last night. It all started at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon and lasted more than 4 hours. The staff was attending to the patients, when suddenly the ceilings and the walls ran the water, as if it were a strainer. The doctors, nurses and technicians who were on duty did not know what to do because the water entered from all sides. They put tubs and garbage cans, but it was impossible to control.
The babies did not get wet because the cribs and incubators were elevated.
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In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the nurses and technicians were frightened by the risk of contamination in a service where there are premature babies in high-risk conditions.
In the operating room, it is seen how the water even falls intensely to the control equipment of the autoclave where clothes for operations are sterilized. There were services where beds were observed in the middle of stagnant water, but patients were not seen.
The president of the Medical Corps of the El Carmen hospital, Yosmel Meza, said that the staff fears that a short circuit could occur or that the environments could collapse, which is why they requested the urgent intervention of the authorities. Likewise, he regretted that despite the repairs made in the hospital, nothing worked.
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The director of the El Carmen hospital, Luis Orihuela, responded that the El Carmen hospital was not flooded, but that leaks occurred due to the collapse of the gutters due to the hailstorm.
The official said that the drainage along Huancavelica Avenue is insufficient, which is why there was a partial collapse. Also, he said that the personnel in the operating room did not allow maintenance to be done since there were noise complaints. Regarding the autoclave operations center that was completely soaked. He stated that as the rain did not stop after more than 4 hours, they are going to continue with the changes of roofs, gutters and with the reinforcement of the internal vents. Despite what happened, the official said that the activities in the hospital will not be suspended since there are patients to attend to.
