Video shows major water leak at Portsmouth hospital

Video footage shows the moments after a high-pressure water pipe burst above a corridor in the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth.

Outpatient appointments were cancelled and wards were left without running water as a result of the leak early on Friday morning.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust declared a major incident with ambulances diverted to other hospitals elsewhere in Hampshire.

No staff or patients were injured.

7 January 2022

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