Workers look on as water fills a hole at a construction site at CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital in Ottawa. The rupture occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, the hospital said.
CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital in Ottawa, is without water or air conditioning after a water main was severed during construction near the hospital's front entrance early Tuesday afternoon.Posted: Jun 18, 2024 3:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 32 minutes ago
Workers look on as water fills a hole at a construction site at CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital in Ottawa. The rupture occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, the hospital said. CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital in Ottawa, is without water or air conditioning after a water main was severed during construction near the hospital's front entrance early Tuesday afternoon.
CHEO issued a "code grey" at 12:30 p.m. Those are initiated "following the loss of a critical system," according to a standard alert system. In a news release issued later in the afternoon, the hospital confirmed its access to water for clinical care, cooling, drinking water and restroom facilities had been disrupted.Flooding at CHEO due to water maine break. @ottawacity pic.twitter.com/GhWPyxva05Videos posted online show water gushing from a pipe next to an excavator. Photos taken around 3 p.m. appeared to show water was no longer flowing from the severed pipe.
EllisDon is the construction contractor at the scene, while the firm Aquatech confirmed they'd been called in to help with the cleanup.
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