A HOSPITAL ward was this morning evacuated after a confirmed chemical leak.
Scores of emergency services rushed to the area around Kidderminster General Hospital earlier today.
Part of Kidderminster General Hospital was evacuatedRept0n1x at Wikimedia Commons
Six fire engines from Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service and the Hazardous Area Response Team from West Midlands Ambulance Service, along with paramedics, were called to Bewdley Road, just after 10.30am today, Thursday, November.
An area of the hospital was evacuated and a small number of casualties were handed over to the care of the ambulance service.
Crews and hospital specialists were able to safely resolve the incident less than three hours later. A thorough search working found no patients needed treatment.
A fire service spokesman told BirminghamLive: “Six Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews – two from Wyre Forest, two from Bromsgrove and one each from Worcester and Malvern Fire Stations – plus the environmental protection unit from Tenbury Wells and the incident command unit from Ledbury were called at 10:37 on 23 November to Kidderminster General Hospital to assist with a hazardous materials incident.
“Crews were required to deal with a chemical leak working with our blue-light colleagues and hospital specialists to safely resolve the incident.
“An area of the hospital was evacuated and a small number of casualties handed over to the care of the ambulance service. The incident is currently de-escalating and was marked as stop at 13:02.”
An ambulance service spokeswoman told BirminghamLive: “We were called at around 10.40am to an incident at Kidderminster General Hospital on Bewdley Road and sent an ambulance, three paramedic officers and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene.
“Following a thorough search working with fire colleagues, there were no patients found needing treatment by ambulance staff and we were stood down.”
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