Steam pipe ruptures, injures two employees at Victoria Normal Hospital

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VICTORIA — Two employees have been injured Friday morning when a pipe carrying steam ruptured at Victoria Normal Hospital.

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Island Well being says in a press release that the 2 hospital employees are receiving care, and no sufferers have been injured or affected.

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The well being authority says a “mechanical emergency” brought about flooding in a non-patient care space.

It says plans are actually underway to remediate and restore the realm.

Island Well being spokesperson Andrew Leyne says the emergency concerned “steam from a ruptured pipe.”

The well being authority assertion says there was a short lived ambulance diversion to Royal Jubilee Hospital for about two hours, however that has ended.

It says the emergency division at Victoria Normal Hospital stays open and in a position to present care.

Leyne says Island Well being isn’t releasing particulars of the employees’ situations attributable to privateness issues.