Three hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with flood damage after pipes and coils burst or froze over the weekend.
Here is a breakdown of the three hospitals impacted.
1. Boston Medical Center. Subzero temperatures caused a pipe to freeze and burst at Boston Medical Center around 10 p.m. Saturday, flooding several floors of the hospital, according to CBS Boston. The flood impacted the neonatal intensive care unit and labor and delivery areas. As a precaution, six expectant mothers were transferred to other local hospitals. There were no injuries as a result of the flooding.
2. Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital. Coils within the air handling system at St. Elizabeth's Youngstown Hospital froze Sunday morning, which caused its laboratory to flood, according to the Tribune Chronicle. The flooding caused damage to some of the lab's key equipment. As a result, the hospital relocated lab testing and diverted patients to other facilities from about 5 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sunday.
3. Beebe Medical Center (Lewes, Del.). A broken sprinkler head and a burst water pipe caused flooding in the west portion of Beebe Medical Center Sunday afternoon, according to the Cape Gazette. One patient was removed from the impacted area on the main campus. Fire alarms and sprinklers were also activated in a north campus building, which is not used for patient care. The parking garage at the main campus will remain closed until the area is cleared. There were no injuries as a result of the flooding and normal operations have resumed.