Irish Examiner view: Remarkable response to danger

Wexford General Hospital fire

Damage to the roof at Wexford General Hospital after a fire forced an evacuation of the building on Wednesday. 

The work done through Wednesday and yesterday by the staff, emergency personnel, volunteers, and everyone else involved in the evacuation of Wexford General Hospital after a major fire there, was a heartening and — thankfully — successful operation.

Well-drilled staff executed the hospital’s emergency plan to a fault, firstly securing vulnerable patients, especially the young and those on ventilators when the building’s oxygen supply had to be switched off, and then identifying those that could be safely discharged temporarily and those who needed to be transferred to other hospitals.