Overview
- Two plasterboard ceiling panels fell in a first-floor waiting and consultory area during morning operating hours on Medrano in Palermo.
- A large response deployed about 22 SAME ambulances along with City Firefighters, the Special Rescue Group and K-9 teams, and the building was fully evacuated.
- A final inspection by firefighters confirmed no one remained inside the facility following the evacuation.
- SAME director Alberto Crescenti reported six people injured and out of danger, while some outlets cited up to eleven injured as counts were reconciled.
- Several patients were treated on site and others were transferred to the Durand, Fernández, Ramos Mejía and Rivadavia hospitals as structural assessments continue.