Burst pipe at ESHC forces patient moves, cancellations

LEAMINGTON – Flooding in portions of Erie Shores HealthCare (ESHC) forced patients to be moved and some services to be cancelled.

Around 6:00 a.m. on Friday, January 28, a pipe burst in a second-floor obstetric patient’s room, causing flooding in several hospital areas, including patient rooms, surgical clinic areas, ambulatory care clinic areas and the Medical Device Reprocessing Department, which sterilizes medical instruments for the hospital.

Efforts by staff from across the hospital helped mitigate the impact on patient care. Several patients were quickly moved when the burst pipe was discovered. They were transferred to other areas of the hospital.

The burst pipe also caused water to be shut off to a large portion of the hospital while the maintenance team repaired the waterline.

Infrastructure repairs continued throughout the weekend.