Leaky Pipe Forces Hospital Patient Into Isolation

Queen Mary Hospital has apologised to a patient who has been put into isolation, after water from a drainage pipe from an isolation ward for Covid-19 patients dripped onto him.

The hospital said the infection risk was considered to be low, but it was transferring the patient to a single room for further treatment as a precautionary measure.

The affected patient stayed at the cardiothoracic surgical ward, which was beneath the Covid-19 isolation ward.

On Saturday, water was found to be seeping from the ward’s drainage pipe through the surgical ward's ceiling, before dripping onto the patient’s lower limb.

The hospital said the surgical ward has been closed for disinfection and its ceiling has been repaired. Thirteen other patients have been transferred to other wards.

Four cardiothoracic surgeries scheduled for Monday have had to be postponed because of the incident.

The hospital apologised to all the patients affected.