Mould alert over damp wall panels at new Aberdeen hospital

Mould alert over damp wall panels at new Aberdeen hospital

Plasterboard and insulation at the Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Project have been stripped out after they were allowed to get wet.

Health risk warning after mould found on walls at new Aberdeen hospital

Mould and water ingress found by infection control team at new Baird Hospital and Anchor Centre

BBC Scotland’s Sad Mould Alert! – Construction/renovation accounts for 50% of mould outbreaks, easily cleared up, zero deaths in UK

Gleefully headlined today by BBC Scotland, another hospital mould story. The last time they had such fun was with hospital pigeon poo: Wall panels and insulation at two new Aberdeen hospital facilities have had to be ripped out because of mould before the buildings receive their first patients. Infection control teams sounded the alarm at the Baird Family Hospital and The Anchor Centre cancer unit after construction materials were allowed to get…