SPONSORED BY HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Hospital ‘corridor in the sky’ completes
A new link bridge from the helipad on the roof of the Sheppard Robson-designed Grafton Street car park into Manchester Royal Infirmary will speed and facilitate accident and emergency treatment by enabling critically ill or injured patients to be transported by helicopter direct to the city-centre hospitals from around the region.
This includes transport to the Emergency Departments at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH), which are next to the link bridge. Suspended 18 metres above street level, the 130 metre-long bridge was developed by design practice, Sheppard Robson, in partnership with Bruntwood – the Trust’s strategic development partner – for the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
Prior to its construction, critically ill or injured patients were flown to a secondary landing site in Platt Fields Park, for transfer by road ambulance to the hospital. It is estimated that the new helicopter landing site will allow over 300 patients to be airlifted directly to the hospital campus each year. The bridge’s longest span reaches 40 m; it is clad in stainless steel panels. Sheppard Robson says the material
Shower filter’s extended life
Aqua free’s new Baclyser neo is a ‘high performance’ disposable point-of-use shower filter, aimed at safeguarding users against Legionella and Pseudomonas, with a service life of up to four months. The CE-marked medical device reportedly offers optimal water flow, and is designed for use as a protective measure against potentially harmful waterborne microorganisms in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and ‘wherever water filtration is important’. Aqua free says
the filter’s hollow fibre membrane – with a proven retention
efficiency of 7 log steps – complies with the US FDA definition of sterile filtered water. ‘Maximum protection against
retrograde contamination’
is assured, both thanks to the device’s ‘hygienic design’, and a Metalskin Medical coating which affords antibacterial efficacy at the jet disc. Depending on the customer’s needs,
Aqua free also offers the Baclyser neo series with a service life of up to two or three months – with the filters accordingly marked in different colours to distinguish them.
choice and ‘varied architectural form’ will allow it to ‘integrate into the skyline’, and ‘become animated’ as light conditions change. In all, 13 routes were tested during the feasibility stage, while site challenges included: n Working around the Grade II-listed Pankhurst Centre, which ultimately shaped the bridge’s design.
n Spanning a busy road. n Construction close to a high dependency ward, and on the roof of the HDU, which remained open throughout.
n Working on site continuously during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other key project players included main contractor, Engie Regen, structural engineers, Hill Canon, MEP engineer, Redworth Associates, and cladding sub- contractor, Curtis Moore.
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