East Wing lift at CWM Hospital repaired; Lancaster and Children’s ward lifts expected by month-end

CWM Hospital Medical Superintendent Doctor Luke Nasedra confirms the Lancaster and the Children’s Ward lifts are expected to be operational before the end of the month, once sensors are completed and OHS inspection and commissioning are done.

While providing an update on the situation in the West Wing, Dr Nasedra says the West Wing has 4 lifts, two outside Lancaster, one Children’s Ward lift and one food service lift.

However, he says for most of the last one to two years, only the West Wing lift, which is outside Lancaster, is operational.

He says OTIS technicians were on the ground towards the end of last year and have been working on decommissioning the old lifts and installing the new ones, with the the West Wing lift being the first one to be operational again.

The Medical Superintendent says the next step was to move on to the children’s ward lift and then return to the Lancaster lift.

He says work on these two lifts was carried out almost simultaneously, with the decommissioning of the old systems followed by the installation of the new lifts.

Dr Nasedra says the new lifts have been installed and final work is underway, including sensors and electronic components while door and flooring installations have already been completed.

He says once the sensor work is finished, Occupational Health and Safety will inspect and commission the lifts, which are expected to be operational before the end of the month.

Dr Nasedra says the fourth lift, which is the food service lift, is more complicated because its supporting structure is made of wood.

He says additional work is needed to strengthen the structure before installing the new lift.