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Although it is relatively common to hear of hospital operations being cancelled because of clinical negligence-related fears, it is extremely rare for an asbestos scare to lead to such a scenario. Yet, in 2009 Guy's Hospital in London was forced to close more than a third of its operating theatres because of concerns that patients might be exposed to the deadly material, potentially leading to the hospital being liable for payments of asbestos compensation.
Guy's Hospital, based in Southwark, is famous for being the tallest hospital in the world as well as a leading teaching centre and is usually more likely to be the subject of breakthrough mesothelioma research than an asbestos compensation scare. However, some fear that the scare is just the first development in a looming "asbestos time bomb" that threatens to undermine the operational efficiency of UK hospitals.
A spokesperson with the lobby group London Health Emergency comments, "This is going to have a massive impact on the hospital's ability to provide services.
"Why wasn't the asbestos identified and dealt with before they ended up with this crisis? This reflects what we have always known - there is a massive backlog of maintenance and important issues that have been ignored.
"We can't afford to lose this kind of hospital capacity, and the fact we are losing it because of managerial incompetence and failure to do routine maintenance is awful."
A spokesperson with Guy's said that they "routinely remove asbestos from our buildings and will continue to do so as part of our maintenance and improvement plan."
It is not unheard of for doctors and nurses to develop asbestos-related illnesses as a result of exposure in the workplace, with the Department of Health settling a number of claims for such illnesses, most commonly those made by nurses suffering from mesothelioma.
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Wherever you are in the UK - whether it is Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford, Birmingham, Notthingham, Hull, Bristol, Plymouth, Sunderland, Cardiff, or Leeds - we can provide an industrial disease claims specialist who can help you progress your claim.
The solicitors on our asbestos compensation panel are among the UK's leading experts in this type of claim and have earned a national reputation for success.
We have a strong history of helping our clients claim damages for a number of illnesses, including asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer and diffuse pleural thickening.
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