100 pest callouts at Dublin Hospital in two years

stevek93

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/cockroaches-ants-and-beetles-among-100-pest-callouts-at-dublin-hospital-in-two-years/ar-BBzWqMT?li=BBr5MK2&ocid=iehp

Couldn't find a discussion about it here so creating this thread

Gatling

I remember being in tallaght a&e last year and watched tons of ants all over the floor in treatment area,

Fr_Dougal

stevek93 wrote: »

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/cockroaches-ants-and-beetles-among-100-pest-callouts-at-dublin-hospital-in-two-years/ar-BBzWqMT?li=BBr5MK2&ocid=iehp

Couldn't find a discussion about it here so creating this thread

Thanks, Steve.

And now the weather...

Beyondgone

Gatling wrote: »

I remember being in tallaght a&e last year and watched tons of ants all over the floor in treatment area,

They keep the ants to eat the bodies of the dead cockroaches.

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stevek93 wrote: »

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/cockroaches-ants-and-beetles-among-100-pest-callouts-at-dublin-hospital-in-two-years/ar-BBzWqMT?li=BBr5MK2&ocid=iehp

Couldn't find a discussion about it here so creating this thread

And what is your view?

stevek93

Santiago Petite Gravy wrote: »

And what is your view?

I'm curious to know what peoples opinions are, I would like to know why there is such a problem 35,000 spent on pest control in two years is a lot.

slavetothegrind

They killed defenceles critters? The barstewards!

Seal up those buildings i say tight as a drum no-one gets in !

For Forks Sake

With the amount of excavation work going on there for the childrens hospital, I'm surprised there aren't a lot more displaced rodents.

The_Valeyard

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Thanks, Steve.

And now the weather...

Well.....
Go on, what's its going to be like

gramar

I suppose it's better that they are spending money on doing something about the problem than just letting it get worse.

Donal55

Was up in UHG today. Members of a certain ethnic minority went bananas with threats of using knives etc.
Hard to believe you can feel unsafe in a maternity ward.
Gardai had to be called.

At 5.30 the daughter told me that another van load of these arrived.
Not enough being done to stamp out these pests in hospitals.

Turtyturd

Gatling wrote: »

I remember being in tallaght a&e last year and watched tons of ants all over the floor in treatment area,

That's disgraceful. They all would have fit on one trolley.

Conor Bourke

Pigeons in the atrium, I have to say I laughed my head off at that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXzUde5DMUo

osarusan

Scandalouse.

MilesMorales1

Turtyturd wrote: »

That's disgraceful. They all would have fit on one trolley.

No trollies or bed at the moment. Shortage.

retalivity

Was in james's 2 wks ago, it really is a filthy kip so its not surprising. The a&e dept...only safe/clean place is to stand in a corner,

Victor

Non story, once a week in a site used by thousands of people.

stevek93 wrote: »

100 pest callouts at Dublin Hospital in two years

You do realise how big the hospital is? It's a big as some small 'towns'. http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32015912#map=16/53.3401/-6.2958

Stigura

Weird! I only started watching " Saxondale " last night too!

I'd like to know who the firm was, and see their report sheets

Corruptedmorals

It would really need to be compared against other acute hospitals with somewhat comparable levels of traffic. It's a huge hospital with an a&e that gets all sorts in. The older hospitals which are stretched beyond their capacity are probably about equal. Holles Street and Temple Street in particular. The hospital I work in is one of the oldest but is specialist, non-acute and not overcrowded so it doesn't have many issues like this. Mice a few years back..haven't heard about anything since.

Richard Hillman

I often think hospitals have jumped the shark in terms of hygiene. If we created a concrete area of a certain size and put up marquee's, it would probably be cleaner from germs and vermin.

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It's not exactly in the interests of the exterminators to eliminate the pest problem. Easy money for them when there is no control on the number of call outs or oversight in a hospital to ensure the problem has been dealt with properly.

stevek93 wrote: »

I'm curious to know what peoples opinions are, I would like to know why there is such a problem 35,000 spent on pest control in two years is a lot.

Victor

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I often think hospitals have jumped the shark in terms of hygiene. If we created a concrete area of a certain size and put up marquee's, it would probably be cleaner from germs and vermin.

And how many patients would die of hypothermia?

Glenster

Hospitals are massive, insects are everywhere.

Deal with it.

stevek93

Glenster wrote: »

Hospitals are massive, insects are everywhere.

Deal with it.

droppings found in a cupboard beside an operating theatre mouse in sterilisation machine

Tis grand

Graces7

Misread the title... thought it meant call outs by pests ie people pests..

seachto7

I love the news articles gloating how great Ireland is as a place to live and to work, but don't get sick whatever you do....

I would be more worried about the hospital that never calls pests control

stevek93

The title is very misleading please read the article it is alot more concerning that you think.

somefeen

absolute non story.
A place as concerned about hygiene as a hospital is going to be calling pest control at the first sign of trouble. Its a massive hospital with a lot of traffic through it constantly. They are never going to completelty stop pests from getting in.
I'd say 100 times is probably fairly low actually

PowerToWait

somefeen wrote: »

absolute non story.

Completely agree. The hospital campus is huge, and they're going to want to nip any potential problem in the bud so as to avoid negative, scaremongering, gutter journalists having a field day.

Can't win.

Stigura

Just so happens; A mate of mine is The pest controller for a counties hospitals, in england.

I mean, that's It. His full time job. Running around, taking care of fleas to foxes. So, yeah; A hospital that only appears to call in pest control about once a week, is it? F**k all!