Disruption warning as burst pipe floods hospital

Patients and visitors to a hospital are being warned of disruption after a burst pipe flooded some wards.

The A&E at the Princess Royal Hospital, in Telford, remains open and is still treating walk-in patients but ambulances will be temporarily sent to neighbouring hospitals, a spokesperson for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said

The maternity unit and its women and children's services are still open, they added.

All patients have been urged to come to planned appointments unless directly told otherwise and engineers are at the hospital, carrying out repairs and cleaning the affected areas.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing and would like to thank patients and visitors for their support," the spokesperson said.

"We would also like to thank our staff who are working hard to repair and clean the affected areas, so we can fully restore services as quickly as possible."

The hospital trust said on Tuesday morning that efforts to clean the affected areas continued and the burst pipe had been repaired.

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