Faculty of Medicine Façade Incident at UNAM: No Injuries Reported

2023-10-14 04:50:21

The curse of 13? Students from the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico captured the moment when part of a facade fell on a vehicle parked in Ciudad Universitaria, located in Mexico City (CDMX).

In one of the clips, which lasts only 10 seconds, you can see how the hood of a gray compact car was crushed, the bumper fell off and the glass was fragmented thanks to the red bricks that “rained” from the sixth floor. of the building.

There were no injuries due to the façade falling at the Faculty of Medicine

Immediately afterwards, amid echoes of astonishment, the student focused on the place from where the façade detached. This had the hole from the missing blocks; apparently other pieces were threatening to fall.

“So the Faculty of Medicine is falling apart, imagine if this had fallen to a student.” one of the students published through the social network X, formerly Twitter.

The truth is that, even though someone had bad luck this Friday the 13th, there were no injuries or any other material loss. It should be noted that it is unknown if the Maximum House of Studies will be responsible for the damage to the vehicle or if it will be the owner’s insurer.

UNAM will review the building for maintenance

Hours later, the UNAM Faculty of Medicine issued a statement regarding the detachment of the façade in one of its buildings.

In this they detailed that the events occurred in building “A”; After becoming aware of the facts, the following measures were taken:

They removed the debris. They placed a wall. They put a truss support. They cordoned off the area to identify which areas need maintenance in that building.

Faculty of Medicine will have online classes this October 14

Due to the events of the landslide, this October 14, classes at the Faculty of Medicine will be held online. On Monday the 16th, activities are expected to return to normal in person to continue developing the departmental exams.

Finally, the statement invited the university community to respect the statements of the experts in what they work on.

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