Major incident at Salisbury District Hospital
Published by the Spire FM News Team at 10:15am 5th March 2018 (Updated 12:06pm 6th March 2018)
Fire-fighters called to decontaminate area - hospital bosses confirm there are casualties.
- Major incident declared at our hospital
- Small number of casaulties
- Fire-fighters called to decontaminate the area.
A major incident has been declared at Salisbury District Hospital today. ( 5th March)
A spokesperson for the NHS Trust has told Spire FM "there are a small number of casualties"
No ages or further details have been released but the victims are "mainly members of the public."
@SalisburyNHS is currently dealing with a major incident involving a small number of casualties, with a multi-agency response. We are not asking additional staff to come to site unless contacted directly.
— Salisbury Hospital (@SalisburyNHS) March 5, 2018
Fire-fighters from the city's station were called to decontaminate the area and a green tent has been erected outside the front of the Accident and Emergency department.
Two ambulance vehicles marked "incident response unit" are also in attendance,
Cordon in place around A&E department along with two specialist ambulances
******UPDATE*****
POLICE ARE NOW LINKING THIS INCIDENT TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE MALTINGS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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