The old windows of the Amos hospital, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, are so obsolete that the patients freeze in winter and are like in a real “tomato greenhouse” when it is hot.
“From noon, it becomes a tomato greenhouse when it is hot,” says an employee of the hospital under the guise of anonymity, fearing reprisals from her employer.
“Our windows are so old that water infiltrates summer. When there is a big storm with winds, it enters! ” Add another employee, just as discouraged.
The windows of the fourth floor of Amos hospital are not waterproof. Polysene panels are installed each winter to limit air currents. Courtesy (anonymous)
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Even today, mercury will climb to 30 ° C and up to 41 ° C in felt temperature. In the heat in May, patients on the fourth floor could not ventilate. These windows are over 50 years old and some do not thleme away.
“I have-fourty”
Thus, Polysene panels (flexible plastic) are installed in winter in the windows to isolate for a few years. However, these had not yet been removed before the arrival of the heat, confirmed several employees.
“Patients have torn the plastics to be able to open a window. It often happens that they are perforated, notes a worker. All this has been temporary for at least five years. ”
On May 16, the panels were removed for the summer, we were told. All kinds of adhesive ribbons have been glued over the winters to block the cold air.
Dilapidated hospitals: The 4th floor windows of Amos hospital are not tight against the cold. Polysene panels are screwed each winter to seal. Despite this, employees find that it is very cold in winter. Courtesy (anonymous)
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“If you put a milk berlingot on the edge of the window in winter, it is almost about to freeze, it’s really problematic,” admits another employee.
For user comfort, extra heaters are also available if necessary.
In 2017, pediatric employees even installed a coverage to block air current. The windows have still not been changed, we are told.
Employees on the pediatric floor had installed a blanket to block cold air around 2017. The windows have still not been changed, we are told.
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“We are no longer surprised by nothing. We would be surprised that they do the work, quips an employee. There is a fourticism that I do not explain myself. ”
Not in the plans
The Abitibi-Témiscamingue integrated health and social services center refused the interview of the interview Journal. By email, it is replied that windows have been replaced on certain floors in recent years. A project is “planned” to complete the replacement of the remaining windows, which all date from the early 1970s, but no schedule is confirmed. The bill is estimated at $ 600,000 for the fourth floor. Amos hospital was built in 1949.
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“The planning of the realization of infrastructure projects is carried out by considering in priority projects which present safety issues for users or employees, in addition to considering the level of disuse within installations, in particular to avoid significant degradation,” it is written.
“Everything falls into ruins”
Several hospitals in Abitibi-Témiscamingue would need renovations, as shown by the photos sent by employees in the region.
“We are waiting to be in an emergency to react. Everything falls into ruins, and when it falls, we act, we have no choice, notes an employee. We talked a lot about [l’hôpital] Maisonneuve-Rosemont. Here, all hospitals break up, and there is no maintenance. Budgets are cut. “
Here are some examples that hold attention:
Here are the exterior steps of the entrance to the Senneterre emergency:
Dilapidated hospitals: Here are the steps of the external entrance to the emergency and the CLSC of Senneterre, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Courtesy (anonymous source)
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This Senneterre emergency sign is holes.
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This staircase at Rouyn-Noranda hospital is used by visitors and employees to get to the basement cafeteria.
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A rescue staircase at Amos Hospital is condemned because he is too bad in point and very rusty.
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