A hospital has declared a serious incident after a ‘important water leak’ pressured it to cancel all outpatient appointments.
The issue occurred on the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Friday morning.
Stunning footage reveals water gushing from the ceiling of 1 hall which is totally flooded.
A number of of the ceiling tiles have fallen by and smashed onto the bottom.
A hospital supply informed The Telegraph that a burst pipe above the gynaecology ward is regarded as the trigger.
The supply mentioned that the incident had left the hospital with out water, other than one tank which was reserved for the Covid ward.
This meant that medical doctors and nurses weren't ready to make use of sinks and sluices and sufferers needed to be evacuated.
An announcement from Portsmouth Hospitals College NHS Belief on social media mentioned: ‘Because of a big water leak affecting massive elements of the Queen Alexandra Hospital web site we've got declared a serious incident.
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‘All outpatients appointments scheduled for this morning (Friday 7 January 2022) have been cancelled.
‘We apologise for the brief discover and any inconvenience this may trigger. We'll rearrange the appointments as quickly as potential.
‘Dialysis and chemotherapy appointments will proceed as typical.’
Two hearth crews had been despatched to the hospital at 6.05am to assist with the difficulty.
The hospital added that digital appointments will nonetheless proceed as deliberate, and sufferers who had their face-to-face slots cancelled could also be contacted to be provided a video name as an alternative.
Maternity outpatient appointments may also proceed as typical, the hospital added.
It comes as the present Covid surge heaps unprecedented strain on already embattled NHS workers.
A report 5.8 million folks throughout the nation are awaiting remedy that was both cancelled or delayed because of the pandemic.
The disaster has been exacerbated by the unfold of the Omicron variant, which has led to vital workers shortages as a report variety of individuals are pressured to self-isolate.
The military has been drafted in to assist hospitals and ambulance companies plug the gaps.
The Royal School of Nursing has mentioned the deployment means Boris Johnson can not deny there's a ‘staffing disaster’ throughout the NH
Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt has additionally urged the Authorities to ‘get up to the size of the staffing disaster dealing with the NHS’.
Boris Johnson has mentioned it's ‘not true’ that the well being service doesn't have sufficient workers to deal with the pressures it's dealing with, regardless of dozens of hospitals declaring vital emergencies in latest days.
Right this moment, Downing Avenue mentioned he nonetheless sees no want for additional Covid restrictions in England regardless of rising workers absences within the NHS because of the virus.
A No 10 spokesman mentioned ministers would make sure the well being service had the help it wanted.
However he mentioned the Covid booster jab programme meant there was not the identical degree of strain on intensive care models seen in earlier waves.
‘The Prime Minister has been clear on controls. Plan B is balanced and proportionate to answer the Omicron variant. It's persevering with to assist scale back its unfold. However the essential factor is the booster programme and the effectiveness it has in stopping the illness,’ the spokesman mentioned.
He added: ‘The navy have helped out all through the pandemic and they're going to accomplish that once more. We all know that workers absences are contributing to the strain the NHS is at present dealing with. In fact we are going to proceed to take acceptable measures to make sure the NHS has the help they want.’
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