NHS bosses praise emergency response for stopping major crisis at Ayr Hospital

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Ayr Hospital.The building's basement and lift shafts flooded following failure of the main boiler on Thursday.A burst pipe caused a "large water ingress" and loss of heating within the hospital.Lifts were out of access for six hours while teams brought in temporary heaters.Outpatient and surgical procedures were also hit.It was some nine hours before all lift shafts were restored to working order.Patients, though, were not diverted from the site during the incident, leading to criticism from some staff that "public image was put before safety".One nurse told Ayrshire Live: "There was gallons of hot water in the basement and the elevators were out of operation."But the hospital continued to receive patients and decided against a divert."The.