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28/08/2014
Hospital Worker Suffers Extensive Burns
A woman has suffered extensive burns to her back and arms following an incident at Causeway Hospital, Coleraine.
According to reports, the woman, who works at the hospital, slipped on what is thought to have been a corrosive substance outside the facility's X-ray department last Friday.
Speaking to the Coleraine Times, Louise Moody said she found a brown liquid leaking through the ceiling and into the corridor. When she went to cordon off the affected area, however, she slipped and fell into the liquid. She immediately said she felt her skin burning.
Fellow staff members came to her aid and she was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. She is currently being treated in the Burns Unit, after having suffered extensive burns to her back and arms.
In a statement, the Northern Health Trust confirmed "an incident occurred in a corridor in Causeway Hospital on Friday 22 August".
They added: "Unfortunately, a member of staff was accidentally injured. No services have been disrupted and the hospital is functioning as usual."
A full investigation into the incident is underway.
(JP/CD)
According to reports, the woman, who works at the hospital, slipped on what is thought to have been a corrosive substance outside the facility's X-ray department last Friday.
Speaking to the Coleraine Times, Louise Moody said she found a brown liquid leaking through the ceiling and into the corridor. When she went to cordon off the affected area, however, she slipped and fell into the liquid. She immediately said she felt her skin burning.
Fellow staff members came to her aid and she was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. She is currently being treated in the Burns Unit, after having suffered extensive burns to her back and arms.
In a statement, the Northern Health Trust confirmed "an incident occurred in a corridor in Causeway Hospital on Friday 22 August".
They added: "Unfortunately, a member of staff was accidentally injured. No services have been disrupted and the hospital is functioning as usual."
A full investigation into the incident is underway.
(JP/CD)
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