Posted on 02/10/2025 6:34:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
Failing elevators at a veterans hospital in Miami have injured at least a dozen people over two years, according to a nurses’ union that called the lifts a “death trap.”
The elevators at the Miami VA Medical Center tend to suddenly drop several floors, creating a danger for injured and ill patients, according to union officials.
All of the main elevators in the 12-story hospital have had issues flagged during a 2023 assessment obtained by the Herald.
The building, which has been standing for almost six decades, has been plagued with structural issues for years including problems with its air-conditioning and roof leaks, according to employees.
The VA had previously asserted that all the issues were resolved, but some hospital employees are still doubtful and wary of the elevators for their own sake and also the safety of their patients.
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In a recent meeting, VA management officials assured employees that they are addressing the long list of safety concerns. Of the fixes in the works, the officials claimed that they have instructed deliverers to not put pallet jacks in some elevators that can only handle a certain weight
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Nope. When your elevator will not handle the weight it needs to be replaced not have a sign that says “because we need the money to buy lap dances at the nudie bar do not try to transport need medical supplies on this elevator”.
More than likely, other elevator companies already refuse to go near it.
so the local inspections are run by
entrenched democrat party unions.
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You’d think they would like to keep
their party members safe and sound.
Not if it means giving up kickbacks!
They know their union members will vote for them no matter how dangerous it is. They just blame “the man”!
I imagine this cost you a lot of money.
So yes, what changed. And can you get your money back. Might be worth pursuing.
Back to the old VA we all knew and hated.
Instead of funding trans comic books in Peru, maybe that money would have been better spent on fixing the elevators for our veterans.
I think it gets a little worse as I age.
Good thinkin
I knew that aboard a sub I would not be shot at.
That’s why my dad joined the navy in 1944 then, thankfully, the war ended.
Was the food good on board?
Submariners got the best, never served on a surface ship so that’s just what I heard. We ate pretty good. Once had a surface cook come on board and he cooked crappy,... he almost got his ass kicked. Food was about the only pleasure we had down there!
Thank you for sharing that! Interesting!
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