ROCK SPRINGS — As of Thursday evening, the Emergency Room entrance at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County remains closed due to a water leak.

Traffic will continue to be diverted through the evening, Public Information Officer Deb Sutton said. Security officers – stationed in a white Durango – will be available outside through the night to direct patients to a separate entrance at the back of the hospital. Patients will be diverted to door No. 46 located directly in back of the emergency room. A ramp to the door is available, and it will be monitored throughout the evening.

“It is our hope to have the ER entrance lobby dried out and accessible by morning,” Sutton said. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”

The line break occurred earlier in the day at about 11:20 a.m. A frozen fire suppression system
ruptured the sprinkler head in the ER lobby, said Gerry Johnston, MHSC Facilities Supervisor. A second sprinkler head at the main entrance ruptured a half hour later.

The ambulance bay was not affected, Sutton said.