He first public toilets for ostomates in Navarre is already in operation. It was executed by Department of Education of the Government of Navarra and is located in the Pamplona Official Language Schoolin Compañía Street in the Navarrese capital.
This building was chosen “for the age diversity who come there to learn languages, which will bring classrooms closer to people suffering from multiple pathologies.” single bathroom This is one of the actions of the Ministry of Education included in the overall work project to improve accessibility of this public school.
THE comprehensive toilet reform on the ground floor and first floor and the renovation of the ceilings and lighting of various classrooms of the Language School of Pamplona were carried out between the months of July and September and their total cost was raised to 229,387.58 euros.
THE ostomates (in Spain there are approximately 200,000 people with collection bags, according to data from the Federation of Ostomy Associations of Spain), these are people who have undergone an operation in which a hole in the abdomen to remove the digestive or urinary tract, and this allows waste to pass into containers called collection bags.
“The existence of adapted bathrooms This allows them greater mobility and gives them much greater comfort and dignity of movement in the task of emptying and changing bags. They are, in short, a essential support to normalize their lives and ensure the safety of their mobility. Only ostomy patients know how difficult it is to empty or change an ostomy bag in an unsuitable bathroom. To do it in conventional toilets, some people squat or kneel in front of the toilet, others sit (in front, sideways…) and many others, due to their age or mobility , cannot afford any of the above options.”, the Regional Executive underlines in a press release.
In the Pamplona Language School None of this is now necessary after the creation of a landfill space for the exclusive use of the center. THE Ministry of Education accessibility commitment with adapted bathroom is the first of its kind in a public building in Navarre.
OTHER ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Furthermore, the education reform This included improving the acoustics of the false ceilings of the first floor classrooms using recordable rock wool acoustic panels and new LED lighting. Additionally, paint was applied to the classroom cork to improve the contrast with the floor for those with low visibility and the door knobs were replaced with handles to make them an opening mechanism and closure accessible to people with disabilities. .
THE complete renovation of toilets It included on the first floor the formula of two accessible toilets and a toilet core with three cabins, one of which with a sink and guest toilet, and on the ground floor two cabins, an accessible toilet and an ostomy toilet.
Additionally, a second part of the intervention which will end at the end of November and which will complement other works which considerably improve the overall accessibility of the building thanks to accessible handrails and guardrails on the stairs and ramps and on the horizontal routes, the motorization of the existing door in the meeting hall with a new platform with accessible ramp and color contrast with the rest of the walls of the space and new route signage and provision of hearing loop equipment.
