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Disruption warning at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital as burst pipe floods parts of hospital
Patients and visitors to a hospital are being warned of disruption after a burst pipe flooded some A&E at the Princess Royal Hospital, in Telford, remains open and is still treating walk-in patients but ambulances will be temporarily sent to neighbouring hospitals, a spokesperson for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust saidThe maternity unit and its women and children's services are still open, they patients have been urged to come to planned appointments unless directly told otherwise and engineers are at the hospital, carrying out repairs and cleaning the affected areas.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing and would like to thank patients and visitors for their support," the spokesperson said."We would also like to thank our staff who are working hard to repair and clean the affected areas, so we can fully restore services as quickly as possible."
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