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Nobody was injured when a part of the parking storage of the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein collapsed. That is what the security area says. There’s additionally nobody below the rubble.
Final evening round 10 p.m. the ramps of the storage the place the vehicles drive out and in got here down. Emergency companies had been current in giant numbers. It was unclear for a very long time whether or not individuals had gotten below the rubble.
A specialist crew searched the rubble with sniffer canines, however the canines turned up nothing. Nothing was seen on digicam and drone pictures and no lacking individuals had been reported to the police. The hospital additionally contacted the employees who had been current that night.
On this foundation, the emergency companies conclude that there aren’t any victims. There’s additionally no threat of collapse of your entire storage. The parking storage has now been transferred to the proprietor. It’s nonetheless unknown what brought on the constructing to break down.
The Dutch Security Board will begin an exploratory investigation at present, a spokesperson instructed NOS this morning. With the exploration they need to kind their very own image of the state of affairs.
Appointments cancelled
St. Antonius Hospital was busy this morning reaching individuals who have an appointment at present to cancel their appointment. Deliberate remedies that may wait, equivalent to operations or appointments at outpatient clinics, have been canceled.
“It isn’t possible to have everybody who is required to offer care to our sufferers come to the hospital by bicycle or public transport,” stated a hospital spokesperson. “So we can not present sufficient individuals to offer the care. Furthermore, sufferers can not come right here to park their automobile.” In response to the hospital, many sufferers come to appointments by automobile.
The storage is at present closed, nobody can get in. Some hospital employees nonetheless have their vehicles within the storage. “We’re going to make sure that they will organize transportation now that they can’t get to their automobile to get to work,” says the hospital spokesperson.
St. Antonius Hospital says it should see what is required to unravel the parking downside that has arisen. They need to burden the neighborhood across the hospital as little as attainable. Contact has been made with the municipality of Nieuwegein to see whether or not different parking garages within the municipality can be utilized.
View pictures of the collapsed storage right here:
A number of slopes of the St. Antonius Hospital parking storage in Nieuwegein collapsed
Vehicles are nonetheless parked within the storage on a number of flooring. In response to the ANP information company, an individual was identified to be current within the storage on the time of the collapse. The individual wouldn’t have seen something, however would have heard a loud bang. The person then went outdoors.
Mayor Van Beukering of Nieuwegein responded final evening with an announcement on the municipality’s web site. She says she is shocked. “It’s nonetheless unclear how this might have occurred. We hope that no individuals are concerned. I now need to supply the emergency companies each alternative to do their work and want them good luck and energy,” stated the mayor.
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The Q-Park paid parking storage on the hospital grounds has six flooring and is utilized by each guests and hospital employees.
Reported in 2017 AD that an investigation has been carried out into the security of the parking storage ground. This was achieved as a result of the storage has the identical sort of ground because the parking storage that collapsed that 12 months at Eindhoven Airport. After analysis it was concluded that the ground in Nieuwegein was secure.
