The Bridgend hospital was forced to temporarily stop accepting emergency patients on Tuesday evening due to a water supply issue
A Welsh health board has issued an update after its A&E department was left unable to accept any patients due to a significant water outage. People were advised to attend other hospitals and all on-site visiting was cancelled at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend on May 19.
In an update issued at around 9pm on Tuesday evening, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said the water supply issue was resolving and said the emergency department was able to accept patients as normal.
The health board said further updates would be provided on Wednesday.
In their latest statement the health board wrote: “The temporary disruption to the water supply at Princess of Wales Hospital is now resolving.
“Our Emergency Department is now able to accept patients as normal.
“We would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding this evening as Welsh Water Dwr Cymru work to resolve this issue.
“We will provide further updates tomorrow.” For the biggest stories in Wales first sign up to our daily newsletter here.
Earlier on Tuesday, the health board said the emergency department was struggling with a “significant” water supply problem and confirmed they were working closely with Welsh Water to restore services.
The water provider said the supply issues were not linked to them, but maintained that engineers were on site supporting the hospital with their outage.
A spokesperson from Welsh Water said: “We can confirm that following investigation, the water supply issues currently being experienced at the Princess of Wales hospital are not linked to Welsh Water.
“Our engineers are on site to support the hospital and we are sending tankers to supplement the supply of water to the site.”
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