Delivering in record time for coronavirus wards at Epsom University Hospital - Case Study

• Project: Epsom University Hospitals Covid-19 Wards
• Client: Interserve / Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
• Timing: 25^th – 28^th March 2020
• Value: £1.6M

Medical Gases completed a project, including over 1000 meters of pipework, in less than a week to boost oxygen supplies to the coronavirus wards at Epsom University Hospital.

Background

In early March 2020 Medical Gases was contacted by Interserve for a project to increase the supply of oxygen to two maternity wards at Epsom University Hospital, which were being converted to provide accommodation for coronavirus patients during the pandemic.

The challenge

Supplying the required oxygen to the wards necessitated running 54mm oxygen main pipework from the existing main through the occupied hospital, including installing pipework along the ambulance corridor being used to admit coronavirus patients.