Essential equipment back up at Albany Memorial Campus after faulty pipe burst

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - A flooding event took place at Albany Memorial Campus on Friday afternoon causing the building to be evacuated. The hospital is closed, and the emergency department is on diversion until further notice. According to the hospital, efforts are underway to have a plan by 10 a.m. on Sunday as to when the hospital will reopen.

According to Kim Baker, Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations at Saint Peter's Hospital, a pipe on the first floor burst on Friday and caused significant water damage to the area of the first floor and subfloors.

"The damage included our network, our elevators, and some of our clinical equipment, we had some challenges with chillers," Baker said.

Cleanup crews from both Quick Response, and facilities workers aided in cleanup on Friday and Saturday to remove water from inside the building. Baker said the cause of the burst was due to the copper closure cap on the pipe coming off and flooding the area on the first floor. However, she said due to emergency readiness drills often pract...