Hospital lifts: trolley-sized car, installation, replacement

For hospitals and private clinics, we supply, install, replace and maintain lifts for moving patients. The Prozorro register lists 56 of our contracts with 21 medical facilities, including refurbishment of premises. Private clinics never appear in the register, although we have installed lifts there too.

Hospital lifts: specifications

A through car is convenient where a patient is wheeled in from the admissions department and out to the operating theatre without turning round. Both shaft walls must be able to take doors, so this needs to be decided at the design stage.

The manufacturers whose equipment we supply also include MP (Spain): hospital lifts up to 2500 kg, taking stretchers and beds 90 and 100 cm wide with accompanying staff. For larger cars, the factory has the Mega series for 2000-6500 kg. We calculate the price for your building: what data we need for this.

What a hospital lift costs

There is no single price: the total depends on the shaft, the pit, the electrics and how much of the building the hospital can vacate for the duration of the works. Our contracts are public, and each one can be found in Prozorro:

Each contract covers the full scope of work, including construction, so its total cannot be taken as the price of the lift alone. For your own building, ask for a quote: the site survey is free.

Replacing a lift while the hospital stays open

The hospital keeps seeing patients, so we agree the sequence of works with the administration before we start. Where a building has two lifts, we dismantle them one at a time, and the other one carries people the whole time. Where there is only one lift, we decide in advance with the chief physician how bedridden patients will be moved during those weeks. We fit noisy work around the department's schedule, seal the shaft against dust and carry debris out along a route that avoids the wards.

An old shaft will not always take the car you need, but there can be a way round it. In Rozhniativ we moved the landing doors out onto the landing and made openings in the walls: the car became wider without a full reconstruction of the shaft, and trolleys now roll in easily.

Our projects

Rozhniativ Hospital. We replaced the old lift with a new Izamet in the surgical building; the contract is in the table above. Learn more: hospital lift replacement in Rozhniativ.

Zabolotiv Central District Hospital, 2024. Izamet lift: turnkey installation and adjustment. Project page: new lift at Zabolotiv Hospital.

Private clinic, Ivano-Frankivsk. An Izamet lift in the Classic version, made of stainless steel. More photos: lift in a private clinic.

For the Donbas-Prykarpattia rehabilitation centre we built a shaft and a lift with Braille buttons: this project is described on the page about platform lifts and lifts for people with disabilities.

Documents

We work in line with the Technical Regulation on Lifts (Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 438), NPAOP 0.00-1.02-08 and DSTU EN 81-20. After installation, the lift goes through conformity assessment, and then we take it on for maintenance. We show you the list of documents before the contract is signed; the warranty terms are set out in the contract.

Frequently asked questions

What car size does a hospital lift need?

For a bed, a lift from 1275 kg is used: the 1275 kg Izamet has a 1340 × 2100 mm car. This depth takes a standard trolley together with staff; for an intensive care bed with equipment, a wider car is used. We calculate the door opening together with the car, so that the trolley does not have to be manoeuvred in at an angle.

Can a 1000 kg passenger lift be installed instead of a hospital lift?

No: a hospital lift starts at 1275 kg, and the car of a 1000 kg passenger lift is closer to a square, so a bed will not fit into it. If you save on shaft depth in the design, stretchers will then be carried up and down the stairs for years.

How much does a hospital lift cost?

Only a site survey gives the exact cost. The Prozorro register gives a guide: our contract for a 1275 kg hospital lift with 4 stops is listed in the table of our contracts with medical facilities and covers the full scope of work. The site survey and quote are free.

Can a lift be replaced without shutting down the hospital?

Yes, if there are two lifts: we replace them one at a time. Where there is only one lift, we keep the downtime as short as the shaft allows and agree in advance on how patients will be moved.

What happens if the power goes off?

The car stops, and the emergency lighting and two-way communication come on. Only a battery-powered automatic rescue device can take it to the nearest floor and open the doors, which is why we recommend fitting one on every hospital lift.

Which finishes can withstand daily disinfection?

For the walls and doors we use brushed stainless steel, for the floor porcelain stoneware or a seamless covering, and the handrails are stainless steel too. Alcohol and chlorine solutions damage laminated panels and mirrors the fastest.