A FEW surgeries scheduled for yesterday morning at the main operating theatre of the Georgetown Public Hospital had to be cancelled after the institution experienced some problems with its water supply system. A release from the Public Relations Officer explained that this resulted from a temporary breakage of a main waterline in the ceiling of the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACDC) building around 06:00hrs. The affected area is located in the region of the Accident and Emergency Unit.
The breakage led to some degree of flooding in the unit, which affected the smooth functioning of that and adjacent departments.
As a result of the broken main, the hospital’s water pump had to be temporarily turned off to facilitate repairs. Late yesterday, technicians were yet to ascertain the cause of the breakage, but within a matter of three hours, they were able to rectify the problem and return operations to a state of normalcy.
Management regrets the inconvenience and discomfort this incident may have caused to both its patients and staff, and assures that all efforts are being employed to ensure that the problem does not recur.