Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Maternity Unit
England · Hospital · September 2020
- Country
- England
- Type
- Hospital
- Published
- September 2020
- Contributor
- jtza
- Images
- 14 photographs
History
This is no where near the most exciting report but deserves to be documented nonetheless. Putting it in NP due to the building connecting directly to the live hospital.
This maternity unit shut temporarily in late February 2019 after workers found asbestos inside "non-public area" of the building. It posed no threat to any patients confirmed by the daily air quality checks resulting in no fibres to be found in the atmosphere. The area where the asbestos was found was sealed off before the fire service advised that the lift shouldn't be used and the site workers couldn't maintain the fire alarm system on the third floor. As a result of these somewhat unfortunate events, the decision for a new unit to be built elsewhere on site came to fruition. Since then demolition has began and little remains inside.
Here is what one of the birthing rooms would have looked like during the buildings use. It is said that " Birth Centre offers three, recently updated, en-suite birthing rooms, two of which have birthing pools. A sitting room and family room provide additional facilities for new mothers and their birth partners."
For some reason a sorry looking plant remained along with paintings on each surface going up the staircase. Pure darkness in areas made it difficult to shoot at a clean ISO.
On the second floor you could find some classic modern hospital signage that directed you towards the wards and main entrance of the live hospital.
The light from outside made for nice lighting overall.
The courtyard had seemed to have become a temporary skip for the parts removed from the building.
This was the floor that was deemed out of bounds after the fire alarm system could no longer be managed. Rooms for ultrasounds to be carried out were up here and the signs above the lift indicated what other purposes the building has. Also on site was an Antenatal unit, Gynaecology clinic, Colposcopy clinic.
Similarly to the ground floor, there was nothing else to be found up here.
