In the wake of last week's flooding that caused significant problems at the Met Campus of Windsor Regional hospital, a partial solution has been found.
During the height of the August 29th storm the Emergency Room, Diagnostic Imaging and dietary areas of the lower floor filled with water.
As a result the ER was closed, diagnostic imaging was suspended and food preparation was impacted.
CEO David Musyj says staff did a remarkable job using bed linen and towels to create mini dams to keep the water away from sensitive equipment.
Since then, they've identified a tool to make that response better and faster in future flooding events.
Musyj says they Googled what to use and found "Quick Dam" which they're now testing for use.
He says it won't prevent flooding, but limits potential damage and eases cleanup.
"what we're going to be asking staff to do when this occurs is to lay this in front of a door and if need be you can stack 2 of them on top" says Musyj "you lay it as it is and as the water's coming in front of a doorway to avoid the water from getting from one end to the other end"
He says the plan is to get these Quick Dam bags to all areas that could be affected over the next week or so.
The bags are filled with a gel-like material that swells up when it comes in contact with water making a simulated sand-bag:
WRH CEO David Musyj shows longer Quick Dam (by AM800's Peter Langille)
They come in 2, 5 and 10-foot lengths for use in a variety of areas.