After a burst underground pipe caused the basement of the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading, England, to flood, the facility lost power and had to close its emergency department, according to an article on The Guardian website.
The emergency rooms were closed to all but life-threatening conditions.
The flooding also caused power cuts in elderly care wards, critical care unit, stroke unit and other outpatient units. There was also some loss of water supply.
A small fire also broke out due to the overheating of an uninterruptible power supply located in a cabinet on the coronary care unit.
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