Twenty patients have returned to the emergency room at Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital after being transferred due to a burst pipe.
The incident happened late Friday afternoon when a hot water line broke in the emergency room. “The leak was plugged last night,” confirmed Christian Merciari, spokesman for the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, in an interview. “We did the work to remove the water, disinfect everything and put everything back in order. »
He assures that the situation has completely returned to normal. Due to the break, ambulance diversions took place in the evening, but ended at 11 p.m. on Friday. About twenty patients who were already in the emergency room were transferred to other departments of the hospital “during cleaning and sterilization work,” he continues. They were able to return to the site on Saturday morning.
The cause of the burst pipe is still unknown. “We know it’s not because of the dilapidation of the building, since the emergencies aren’t in a very dilapidated pavilion,” notes Mr. Merciari. “It’s nothing big. We managed to control the situation. »
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