The cockroach infestation was first discovered to be affecting areas of Swansea’s Singleton Hospital’s kitchen on the finish of June
A kitchen at a significant Welsh hospital has been closed for a month due to an infestation of cockroaches. The primary kitchen at Singleton Hospital in Swansea has been shut after the bugs had been discovered within the “under-croft” space on the finish of June.
The kitchen’s closure means meals is being produced off-site to be introduced into the hospital. Swansea Bay College Well being Board stated there had been no disruption to affected person meals, regardless of the kitchen being closed.
It added that it was “working laborious to eradicate the infestation”, however no timescale had been given as to when the kitchen was anticipated to re-open.
A spokesperson for Swansea Bay stated “swift motion” was taken following the invention of the cockroach infestation within the hospital’s under-croft space, which had affected some elements of the kitchen, on the finish of June.
Solely meals that’s produced off-site or bought from various suppliers is getting used at Singleton.
All meals produced on the hospital previous to the infestation and saved in freezers has been discarded as a precaution.
Meals manufacturing and catering employees have been moved to the kitchen at Morriston, Swansea’s largest hospital. By no means miss a Swansea story by signing as much as our publication right here
The eating room and low store at Singleton stay open.
A spokesperson for the well being board additionally confirmed that no medical areas had been affected by the infestation.
“We’re working laborious to eradicate the infestation, liaising carefully with the Environmental Well being Officer,” an announcement from Swansea Bay College Well being Board added.
A spokesperson for Swansea Council stated the authority was “conscious of the difficulty at Singleton Hospital and the work that’s happening to deal with it”.
Earlier this week, an impartial evaluate into maternity and neonatal companies on the well being board discovered that ladies and households had been subjected to “inconsistent” care, with complaints being handled poorly and with out compassion.
It laid naked the problems that had plagued the well being board for years.
Swansea Bay College Well being Board issued a “heartfelt and unreserved apology” admitting it didn’t supply the suitable care to moms and their kids and “didn’t pay attention”.
Girls who used the maternity and neonatal companies spoke of their experiences, that they had been advised they could not entry psychological well being help, their start companions missed births or needed to ship infants within the absence of midwives, and that ladies who misplaced infants had been advised whereas on their very own.
One girl stated: “I believed I used to be going to die, and my child was going to die.”
Chief govt of Swansea Bay College Well being Board, Abigail Harris, held again tears as she stated sorry to ladies who had been let down earlier than, throughout and after they gave start. You possibly can learn extra on this right here.
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