Thursday, September 8, 2016

VUmc will be paid 34.8 million euros due to water damage – NU.nl

The injury picked up somewhat higher than the amount paid, a spokesman confirmed after reports in the Dutch Newspaper .

But how much higher is hard to say, said the spokesman. This is because a part of the damage was difficult to calculate, as the income lost by the loss of research material where the hospital money hoped to earn.

“Therefore, we have agreed with this paid damages” said the spokesman

Compilation:. Burst water pipe in Amsterdam, september 8, 2016

Main water Supply

a year ago snapped a water main in the street next to the VU University Medical Center. That led to a major flood and evacuation of the hospital, which was two weeks out of service.

Chairman Wouter Bos said in an interview with the Dutch Newspaper which lay ready no contingency plan. “We were prepared for the general power failure or fire, but for such a total failure of water transport systems and we had finished are no plans.”

According to Bos was not necessary. The Chairman says it’s more important to find that staff know what to do in an unexpected situation and that every crisis is different

By.: ANP / NU.nl

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