The building has a lack of fire evacuation procedures, raw sewage leaks, a maternity unit with facilities behind those of a developing country and practices still in place which were stopped by the NHS over 20 years ago.
For a two-part special report starting today, the JEP has been given exclusive access to areas of the Hospital which fall well short of expected standards, some of which managing director Andrew McLaughlin described as ‘very inappropriate’.
Speaking about one theatre in the maternity unit, he said: ‘I have seen better facilities in developing countries than Jersey, which is one of the richest places in the world.’
• Full report in Tuesday’s JEP
