Water damage at Leppävaara Health Station on 24 July – only minor impact to clients

26 July 2024

The operation of the health station has returned to normal. The X-ray examinations are also back to normal.

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25 July 2024

The health station offers services almost as usual. Only native X-ray scans need to be suspended for the time being.

Native X-ray examinations are carried out by HUS, waiting now for an authorisation to put the device into service. According to HUS, patients can attend basic skeletal and chest X-ray examinations at HUS other available walk-in X-ray units. 
https://www.hus.fi/en/patient/treatments-and-examinations/laboratories-and-imaging/walk-x-ray-units(external link) 

Ultrasound scans and dental X-ray scans are carried out as usual.

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24 July 2024  

There was a water leak on the flat roof of the staff room on the third floor at Leppävaara Health Station on Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m. The leak was caused by a failing pipe joint. Hundreds of litres of household water spread out from the room where the accident took place to the waiting area and nearby rooms.

The Western Uusimaa Rescue Department arrived at the site to perform damage preventions tasks, and the team managed to stop the leak and dry out the water.

The accident did not entail casualties.

The water damage affects native X-ray imaging, suspended for the time being.