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Patients to return to flood-hit children's hospital by Thursday Patients to return to flood-hit children's hospital by Thursday
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Patients evacuated from Wales' only children's hospital after heavy rain caused flooding are expected to begin returning to their wards on Thursday. Patients evacuated from Wales' only children's hospital after heavy rain caused flooding are expected to begin returning to their wards by Thursday.
Eighteen patients at Cardiff's £10m Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales were moved to wards at the University Hospital of Wales next door.Eighteen patients at Cardiff's £10m Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales were moved to wards at the University Hospital of Wales next door.
One senior doctor called it a "major incident" and said all four floors were affected by Monday's torrential rain.One senior doctor called it a "major incident" and said all four floors were affected by Monday's torrential rain.
The total extent of the damage is still being assessed.The total extent of the damage is still being assessed.
On Tuesday, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said patients were swiftly moved and nobody was injured. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CVUHB) said patients were swiftly moved and nobody was injured.
A spokesman said despite the flooding, paediatric emergency and elective in-patient services remained unaffected.A spokesman said despite the flooding, paediatric emergency and elective in-patient services remained unaffected.
The extent of the damage, particularly to the hospital's electrics, is currently being assessed and patients would only move back when it was safe to do so. Dr George Findlay, clinical board director for children and women's services, said on Tuesday that all four floors of the hospital had been affected by water that appeared to have come in from the top of the building.
Dr George Findlay, clinical board director for children and women's services, said all four floors of the hospital had been affected by water that appeared to have come in from the top of the building. "This is a major incident that we need to get to the bottom of," he added.
"This is a major incident that we need to get to the bottom of," he said. Work to determine the cause of the flooding and asses damage to the higher floors - where water has been found in the electrical trunking systems and light fittings - will continuing over the next few days.
"It's seriously flooded the top two floors and subsequently the two floors below. So we have all four floors of the children's hospital affected by significant flooding." Meanwhile, in an update on Tuesday evening, the health board said it expected some children to be moved back into parts of the children's hospital by Thursday.
Dr Findlay said staff had worked tirelessly to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their patients, some of who were discharged home. Phil Barry, directorate manager for child health, said: "All the staff involved have been fantastic.
"Our teams were superb in swiftly moving children out of the affected areas and identifying safe and appropriate areas within the main hospital as temporary accommodation," he said. "Our priority has been to provide an environment and safe care to all those affected by the incident.
"No-one was injured in the incident and everyone has remained calm, with staff helping patients and their families settle in to their new environments. "Clinical, estates and operational services staff have been working together to begin putting things right and re-establish care in the children's hospital."
"Our estates team is currently assessing the damage but it is likely the children's hospital will be out of action for the remainder of this week." Services have been unaffected at the hospital and patients are advised to attend as normal, unless told otherwise.
The patients have been moved to other child health areas of the University Hospital of Wales, where the children's hospital is based. 'Calmly and swiftly'
They are being cared for by staff from the children's hospital. Maria Battle, the health board's chair, said: "Staff at the hospital reacted calmly and swiftly to make sure everyone was safe and moved out of the affected areas and have been outstanding in making sure that services for children have not been disrupted during what was an unusual challenge for everyone involved."
'Business as usual' Patients moved to other areas are being cared for by staff from the children's hospital.
Dr Findlay said services offered by the children's hospital should remain unaffected but patients would be contacted by staff if that changed.
"We're open for business as usual," he added.
"We're providing all our emergency activity, we're providing all our planned activity and we will continue to do so until we get back into the children's hospital."
The £10m first phase of the children's hospital, where the flooding occurred, opened at the University Hospital of Wales in 2005 and included two 25-bed medical wards and one 16-bed paediatric cancer ward.The £10m first phase of the children's hospital, where the flooding occurred, opened at the University Hospital of Wales in 2005 and included two 25-bed medical wards and one 16-bed paediatric cancer ward.
Building work is currently being carried out on the second £63.8m phase which will have new wards, critical care facilities and four operating theatres.Building work is currently being carried out on the second £63.8m phase which will have new wards, critical care facilities and four operating theatres.