Following the flood that affected the San Carlos de Apoquindo area in the commune of Las Condes on Thursday, October 8, Clínica UC Christus released the latest update on its situation, as of 1:00 p.m. this Saturday.
The institution stated that "although we managed to maintain hospital activity through preventive transfers to Hospital Clínico UC and the medical discharge of patients whose condition allowed it, the current conditions do not allow all support services to operate at their usual capacity, an indispensable requirement to guarantee safe care in line with the standards that characterize our institution."
For this reason, it indicated that "given this situation, and in order to guarantee safe and quality care for those who remained hospitalized, we have decided to transfer all patients, a process that concluded during this day, and to suspend operations for a few weeks while the clearing, cleaning, and recovery work on the affected areas is carried out. This will allow us to concentrate all our efforts on rehabilitating the clinic as soon as possible and resuming care with the UC Christus standard."
It specified that patients will be contacted to redistribute the consultations, tests, and procedures that were scheduled at Clínica San Carlos de Apoquindo and Centro Médico El Alba among the various UC Christus medical and hospital centers.
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NationalThe institution specified that this situation will continue for several weeks while clearing, cleaning, and recovery work is carried out in the affected areas. Damage at Clínica UC Christus in San Carlos de Apoquindo. CommentsFollowing the flash flood that affected the San Carlos de Apoquindo area in the Las Condes district on Thursday, October 8, Clínica UC Christus released its latest status report, corresponding to 1:00 p.m. this Saturday. The institution said that "although we managed to maintain hospital activity through preventive transfers to Hospital Clínico UC and the medical discharge of patients whose condition allowed it, the current conditions do not allow all support services to operate at their usual capacity, an indispensable requirement to guarantee safe care consistent with the standards that characterize our institution." For this reason, it indicated that "given this situation, and in order to guarantee safe and quality care for those who remained hospitalized, we have decided to transfer all patients, a process that concluded during the day, and to suspend operations for several weeks while clearing, cleaning, and recovery work is carried out in the affected areas. This will allow us to concentrate all our efforts on rehabilitating the clinic as soon as possible and resuming care with the UC Christus standard." It specified that patients will be contacted to redistribute consultations, tests, and procedures that were scheduled at Clínica San Carlos de Apoquindo and Centro Médico El Alba among the various UC Christus medical and hospital centers. It also indicated that it will continue to provide updates on the evolution of the situation and the resumption of services through UC Christus's official channels. More about:Flash floodFlash flood Las CondesFlash flood San Carlos de ApoquindosClínica UC ChristusClínica UC Christus San Carlos de ApoquindoUC Christus