Engineers from Andrews Sykes’ Chiller Hire Division were quick to respond recently to a call from a prominent Kent hospital already under severe pressure to cope with increasing patient demand when its chiller broke down without warning.
Some of the key facilities affected by lack of cooling were a urology centre, a vascular unit, and a cardiac catheter suite. The unexpected breakdown meant operations and specialist treatments would be cancelled or delayed unless a temporary solution could be found quickly.
Andrews Chiller Hire – with one of the UK’s largest chiller hire fleets – was contacted, and a regional technician visited the hospital the same day the emergency call for help was received, and recommended the use of a 100 kW chiller. Its engineers worked through the night to install the temporary chiller, positioning it at ground level outside the premises, with hoses running up to the second floor for coupling to the existing faulty chiller’s flow and return connections. The redundant hospital chiller was then available for repair and maintenance while the Andrews chiller fulfilled its duties.
The gradual expansion of specialist departments at the Kent hospital has led to as many as 400,000 people using the facility each year.
