The statistics are alarming: Upwards of 200,000 people die every year from hospital errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. Every year, 1 out of every 31 patients develops an infection while in the hospital—an infection that didn’t have to happen. OSHA data shows that sprains and strains are the most frequently reported injury among healthcare workers. Most strains and sprains affect the shoulders and the lower back. A lot of people out there seem to believe that when they are in hospitals they might be safe compared to when they are in their homes or walking in the streets.
Speaking of hospitals having accidents, there is a video that has been getting quite a lot of attention on social media lately, and it seems as if a lot of people were just left stunned by the fact that something like this would happen in the hospital. One would think that hospitals would take more safety precautions when it comes to the equipment they use but in this video, it seemed as if they did not take extra precautions.
The video shows two nurses who seemed to be moving a patient from one floor to another, so they had to use the elevator. The two nurses could be seen pushing the patient into the elevator who was on a bed, and all of a sudden the elevator could be seen collapsing on the patient, and the nurses just watched instead of pulling out the patient to save him from getting hurt even more.
Elevator collapses on a patient 😳 pic.twitter.com/y6ktZMJ36J
— Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) June 2, 2023
A lot of people were surprised by the fact that the hospital, had a malfunctioning elevator and they just left it like that. Some people were hoping that the man was okay since the elevator looked as if it crushed his legs.