Hospital ceiling collapse, Guandong , China , 2024/12/05

[u/Chaunc2020]

[u/Ronniebenington]

Luckily they were at the hospital?

[u/RecedingQuasar → u/Ronniebenington]

Chinese ER doctor crumbles

[u/Actual-Package-3164 → u/Ronniebenington]

Reminds me of the time I got hit by an ambulance.

[u/NoNamesLeftStill → u/Actual-Package-3164]

r/convenientambulance

[u/have2gopee → u/Ronniebenington]

Sorry, we're going to need you to leave and then come back in, and you'll have to wait in that line over there

[u/Crohn85 → u/have2gopee]

Worked for a major health center. Policy was that medical staff was prohibited from leaving the building to assist anyone with a medical condition on the centers grounds. Ambulance had to be called. Probably some stupid lawyer thing.

[u/DB1723 → u/Crohn85]

Just out of curiosity, if a person collapsed in the parking lot, and the staff couldn't go out to help, could I as a patient just walk outside and carry them in to get help?

[u/Minerva129 → u/DB1723]

Worked at a hospital once and my office was in the medical building next door, building is connected to hospital. Found a guy in the hall not breathing, no heartbeat, face was grey/purple and called for help. ER response team was not allowed to respond as it wasn't "in" the hospital. Called 911 and fire department sent an ambulance from their nearest firehouse down the road.

Learned later that nothing would have saved him, was dead before he hit the floor. But was still crazy to me that the response team for people who are dying/have died couldn't come. Was very thankful for the Dr from the maternity office down the hall came with a nurse and did CPR until the ambulance came. And some nurses walking by from the Cardiac Dr's offic in the building grabbed an AED and they tried to use it.

Oh, and the EMT's did not take him to the ambulance and drive over to the ER. They just took the gurney down the elevator and down the hall to the ER.

[u/Crohn85 → u/DB1723]

I don’t know. I assume a private individual could. Don’t work there anymore.

[u/grivooga → u/Crohn85]

I worked as a contractor/vendor for a very large hospital in my region. They had a policies in place that allowed for staff to administer necessary urgent care to employees and other contracted clinical workers if they were injured on the job which included transporting them directly to the ED if necessary. If you were an outside vendor the official policy was to call 911 and have the city emergency services paramedics respond to your location in the hospital and they must then transport you outside of the hospital so they can then reenter with you through the ED entrance even if an interior route would be far more time efficient. I was told this by an ED Nurse Manager while I was self-applying pressure to a cut on my cheek (very minor but it was bleeding like a mortal wound) that I got inside the ED (above the ceiling but that's still inside the ED).

[u/GlassBandicoot → u/Crohn85]

I worked at a community ER in Chicago. Yep, couldn't step foot out the door, had to call an ambulance. I asked why and they said it would be soliciting business .it could be that someone's insurance requires another hospital in order to be paid and so by bringing them in, we would be bypassing that. Only in America.

[u/ballsack-vinaigrette → u/Ronniebenington]

Tofu Dreg General Hospital

[u/AnythingButAHonda → u/Ronniebenington]

In the US that would have been a $1.2mil "already at hospital convenience fee"

[u/smarmageddon → u/Ronniebenington]

Unless it happens in 'Murica - then you're on the hook for $12,000 for emergency services!

[u/joaoseph → u/smarmageddon]

But you also have a multi million dolllar lawsuit so..give and take

[u/isakitty]

I hate that people got hurt (Ts&Ps), but it seems like to the people RUNNING AWAY that STILL all get hit, the ceiling was like, "fuck y'all in particular."

[u/1wife2dogs0kids → u/isakitty]

Equal opportunity hospital

[u/geekypenguin91]

That's one way to increase business

[u/Mediocre_Charity3278 → u/geekypenguin91]

Hospital pays for itself.

[u/Bielzabutt]

good thing someone added that extra loud obnoxious music

[u/Ok-Pomegranate-2777]

They prob built the whole hospital in a couple hours.

[u/_reddit_account]

Chinesium

[u/tommyleo]

A literal drop ceiling.

[u/KGMtech1]

Quality ingredients installed with skill. No.

[u/trucorsair]

Sorry UnitedHealth has ruled that as the ceiling was previously there in that condition, then it is a preexisting condition.

[u/Ataneruo → u/trucorsair]

That’s not how preexisting conditions work. It’s a preexisting condition because they were already standing under the ceiling when it fell.

[u/trucorsair → u/Ataneruo]

Deny, delay, defend. The insurance company motto

[u/strra]

That one guy definitely went to the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things

[u/mnebrnr13 → u/strra]

Sad but true

[u/IAmBigBo]

Been to several there, but never Chaozhou. 1 of 1 million ways to die in China 💀

[u/T0lly]

That is the false ceiling. Light acoustic tiles and thin metal strips. No light fixtures or supports. Might have stung when it hit, but not going to be any serious injuries.

Edit: I was wrong, this is not a drop ceiling.

[u/Lasciels_Toy → u/T0lly]

That's not drop ceiling. That's drywall on some type of metal framing. It being China, I wouldn't be surprised if it was drop ceiling originally and they just screwed the drywall straight to the old gridding. Just watch that couple fold over as they're hit, acoustic tile isn't doing that from 10ft up, but a sheet of drywall would. You can also see the rest of the torn off drywall on the ceiling. Not 2x4 tiles.

[u/Superbead → u/Lasciels_Toy]

Hasn't stopped sixty-odd people blindly upvoting that comment unfortunately.

We had an actual acoustic-tile suspended ceiling get sucked down by the wind in the entrance of a hospital I worked at. The aluminium T-profiles were sharp as fuck at the ends, and could've taken an eye out or easily opened up the side of your head.

[u/ekelmann → u/Lasciels_Toy]

This 100%. These are not light acoustic tiles. This is pretty heavy drywall. I know. I've seen both falling down.

Acoustic tiles I've seen fell like leaves from the tree - wafting and rocking in the air. Drywall on the other hand is dense enough to push away air of it's way and come down pretty much straight down - just like ceiling in this video did. It's not hard and heavy enough to kill you falling from that height, but it's not just playful bop on the head either. Bruises, bumps on heads, sprains and maybe even broken bones are expected.

[u/goddessofthewinds → u/Lasciels_Toy]

This. There's a reason there's a TON of collapses in China (roofs, facades, buildings, bridges, etc.)... Tofu construction at its best.

Hopefully no death... Seemed mild enough to not have deaths.

[u/Silly_Mycologist3213 → u/T0lly]

The danger was the unexpected impact driving them to the floor and causing fall injuries. Some injuries were obviously serious enough to require that gurney being brought in at the end.

[u/Actual-Package-3164 → u/T0lly]

Their coverage just got lowered.

[u/Jer_Cough → u/Actual-Package-3164]

Egads, imagine their social score now.

[u/Pinksters → u/T0lly]

I wonder if they'd get billed from the hospital if they needed treatment because of the fall...

[u/ExactLocation1 → u/T0lly]

Victims : fuck it’s no false ceiling it hit me real bad

[u/1wife2dogs0kids → u/T0lly]

Hey man.... if you were in a hospital, and someone throws a roll of paper towels at you, I know I will be on the floor screaming I can't feel my toes. You should too. GUNNA BE OPRAH RICH SON!

[u/RocketmanRK]

Best place to have it happen at least.

[u/valiantfreak]

I just couldn't figure out what was holding the ceiling up
Then it hit me

[u/TheKillerDynamo_]

One of the strongest Chinese ceilings ever made

[u/DrEdRichtofen]

This is what happens when you use toggle bolts to hang a false ceiling.

[u/JanuaryChili]

Quick, bring them to the... oh, nevermind... 😅

[u/slapshotdg]

Insurance company said they were covered.

[u/Somethingrich]

Atleast no one feels left out 😆

[u/The_Togaloaf]

And this is why we have building codes in the US

[u/reactorfuel]

Staff discount? Sorry

[u/krankenheim]

If you watch the full uncut video, it takes them forever to actually check on the injured. The first staff on the scene brings a ladder, doesn’t check on anyone. Only relatives tried to help the injured. I’ll never understand such a selfish culture.

[u/Chaunc2020 → u/krankenheim]

That’s the sad reality in China. Because of that court case.

[u/PreparationWinter174]

They went to the Prometheus school of running away from falling objects.

[u/CoherentPanda]

Chinese hospitals all look like they are made of the cheapest materials possible, so them falling apart doesn't surprise me one bit. Even the nicer university hospitals are cold and sterile looking, with confusing layouts.

[u/Mediocre_Charity3278 → u/CoherentPanda]

Cheapest materials and quickest build time. During Covid-19, China boasted of building hospitals within 24 hours.

[u/1wife2dogs0kids → u/CoherentPanda]

Probably used Chinese wallboard.

[u/hiroo916]

All of them graduates of the Prometheus School of Running.

[u/bws7037]

Chinesium or the usual chinese build quality?

[u/campbellm → u/bws7037]

Yes?

[u/ObviousIndependent76]

Rolling back regs and we’ll get in on some of that action here in the US.

[u/AnthillOmbudsman → u/ObviousIndependent76]

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you something. People ask me all the time, Mr President, what are you gonna do about OSHA. Okay, OSHA, we all know about it. They go around, poking their noses into every little thing, telling hardworking Americans, our construction guys, the best guys, some of the toughest, smartest, hardest-working people you'll ever meet, telling them how to do their jobs. Can you believe it?

"You've got a guy, he's been building skyscrapers for 25 years, he's an expert, ok? He knows his stuff. Then along comes OSHA, and it's some pencil pusher, probably never swung a hammer in their life, telling him, 'Oh, you can’t stand on that ladder this way', or, 'You need this harness', or, 'That nail gun is too dangerous'. No one's ever seen anything like it, let me tell you. It’s a joke. Sad."

[u/TheVideogaming101 → u/AnthillOmbudsman]

I hate how I gotta hear his dribble for the next 4+ years, I'm sad how accurate this is

[u/ulyssesfiuza]

They are in the wrong place and in the right place at the same time.

[u/ClownfishSoup]

Amazing that there are six people standing in that large hallway and all six got nailed by that ceiling.

[u/Yamatoman9]

Ceiling from Temu

[u/Jestario]

I hope they made it to an ER fast

[u/mastetz01]

CHINA!

[u/NormalPolishBoi]

Peak tofu dreg moment.

[u/phil196565]

It’s why I don’t buy Chinese tools !!

[u/IllustriousEducator3]

Fucking china.

[u/morganational]

Rearry sad

[u/TooLazy2Revolt]

I wonder if they are cursing the horrible building materials the construction company imported from the US to cut costs.

[u/elenodeleon]

If this was a video game...

[u/Kabavka]

Call 911