Fire at QSUT/ The Prosecution completes the investigation, sends two people to trial

2025-01-30 10:06:00, Aktualitet CNA

Fire at QSUT/ The Prosecution completes the investigation, sends two people to

The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction in Tirana has completed the investigations and is sending for trial for the criminal offense of "Abuse of Duty" provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code citizens EK and E.Sh, specialists in the clinical engineering sector at the Tirana University Hospital.

Within the framework of the investigations of criminal proceedings no. 1578 of 2024, which relates to the event of 29.02.2024 where at around 05:25, at the "Mother Teresa" University Hospital Center in Tirana, in the "New Emergency" building, on its 2nd floor, a fire broke out in the technical room, the prosecution concluded that the specialists, with their actions, did not implement the duties set out in the institution's regulations, such as:

– Safe and compliant operation of medical devices and equipment, including UPSs and batteries, integral parts of medical devices;

They have not planned and responsibly followed up on the maintenance of medical devices and equipment, in accordance with the manufacturers' instructions, specifically of UPSs and batteries.

They have not foreseen and have not drafted the technical project regarding ventilation, airing and placement of UPSs, the technical report of the design and implementation of fire protection in the place where the UPSs and batteries will be placed; and

From the administered acts, they were aware of the fact that the UPS and batteries were placed on the 2nd floor of the new Emergency building, outside the technical conditions and standards required by the manufacturer for their installation and functionality, although their functional duty was to provide technical consultancy.

As part of this proceeding, an electrical technical expertise was also carried out, which resulted in the fact that the cause of the fire destruction of the "New Emergency" building in QSUNT was "the lack of a detailed project for the installation of the UPS emergency power source station, of technical safety conditions for relocation and installation, as well as the lack of implementation of technical conditions, safety standards and fire protection for the installation of the UPS emergency power source, the battery rack and the environmental conditions of their use".