Water to be temporarily shut off at St. Vincent’s East for repairs

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Water service at St.               contractor hired by by St.
Vincent's East will be             Vincent's," said Water Works
interrupted this evening for       spokeswoman Binnie Myles. "We
line repairs.      Liz Moore,      don't have a role because we
hospital spokeswoman, said         didn't do any of the work.
workers are replacing a water      St. Vincent's cannot confirm
valve and service will be off      what caused the problem.
to make repairs.     "It has       "Right now we're focused on
not interrupted patient care,      fixing the problem," she said.
" she said. "They expect to        Moore said the hospital has
have the water restored in a       enacted its contingency plan
couple of hours."                  in preparation for the water
Birmingham Water Works             shutoff.     "Hospitals have
officials said  the problem        very detailed plans that
was caused by a line break         address a loss of power and a
around 2 p.m. when a               loss of water so that we can
contractor for the hospital        be prepared to be without
damaged a water line and           water for several hours with
backflow preventer.                no disruption to patient care,
Water Works officials said         " Moore said. "They've
the contractor is working to       communicated to all of our
repair the line and service        patients and guests so they
should be restored by 8 p.m.       are aware of the situation."
The Water Works was not            Related topics:St. Vincent's
involved in the work,  its         

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