Burst pipe forces hospital patients to spend night in auditorium

By Khristopher Flack, Globe Correspondent

Twenty patients at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick spent the night in an auditorium and other areas after a burst heating pipe covered their entire floor with 2 inches of water, hospital officials said.

The pipe broke at 8:30 Monday night between the fourth and fifth floors of the hospital, above an area used for patient rehabilitation and recreation. None of the evacuated patients were injured.

Beth Donnelly, a spokesperson for MetroWest Medical Center, said that the patients could be moved this morning to a new location.

Officials did not know what caused the pipe to burst or when it would be repaired. Maintenance crews were on scene Monday night.

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