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St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York, has resumed accepting emergency patients via ambulance after a flood forced the facility to temporarily divert cases. The flood occurred on Monday due to a ruptured pipe in the hospital's radiology department, which is located on the same floor as the emergency department. The incident led to a temporary shutdown of several of the hospital's imaging services, causing ambulances to be redirected from its emergency department from Monday afternoon through 10 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the Times Union, the majority of the services that were affected by the flood are now back online. The hospital is currently using its outpatient medical imaging facility at 319 South Manning Blvd. to manage the patient load while cleanup efforts continue. A temporary covered, lighted access tunnel between the facility and the hospital’s main entrance is being constructed.
Hospital spokesperson Courtney Weisberg stated, "Our teams continue to work around the clock — rerouting services, making repairs, cleaning the area, and checking equipment so that we can return to normal operations as quickly as possible." The hospital expects cleanup work to continue through the end of the week.