Take the long walk between the Darwin Private Hospital and adjoining Royal Darwin Hospital and you cannot help but wonder about infectious disease control and the asbestos throughout RDH. On the RDH side of the corridor you come across swinging doors showing large areas of grotty hand marks, chipped paint on walls , other signs of wear. Surely basic hygiene, disease control and management demands that a situation like this not exist in a capital city hospital.
Little Darwin walked this way many month ago and nothing much has changed since then . Not far from the outside of the tunnel , there has been an extension near the area warning that radioactive waste material is stored therein .
In RDH there are numerous small signs, probably unnoticed by many , along the ceiling line warning that there is asbestos above and no work should be carried out without consulting the maintenance section. Large numbers of patients sit in waiting areas where there is asbestos in the ceilings above them. Some of the ducting looks rusty, almost water strained . The question has to be asked: What is more important , a hospital or a prison ?
Little Darwin walked this way many month ago and nothing much has changed since then . Not far from the outside of the tunnel , there has been an extension near the area warning that radioactive waste material is stored therein .
In RDH there are numerous small signs, probably unnoticed by many , along the ceiling line warning that there is asbestos above and no work should be carried out without consulting the maintenance section. Large numbers of patients sit in waiting areas where there is asbestos in the ceilings above them. Some of the ducting looks rusty, almost water strained . The question has to be asked: What is more important , a hospital or a prison ?
