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| Policlinico J.D. Peron OFF LIMITS to Rantburghers & Tricare patients. |
| 2007-07-31 |
| Cellphones light up operating room during blackout Buenos Aires, Brazil The light from the cellphone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation Leonardo Molina (29) was on the operating table on July 21, "The generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work," a hospital spokesperson, whose name was not given, told TN television news station. "The surgeons and anesthetists were in the dark Ricardo Molina (39) Leonardo's brother, told La Nación newspaper that the lights were out for an hour and his brother's anesthesia was wearing off. - Reuters |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Hospitals, it seems, have always had their share of backup power problems. sci-fi editor John Campbell: [During the Nov. 1965 blackout] One of the major Boston hospitals had installed a magnificent new emergency power system about two months before the Blackout...the plant engineer there the new plant switch ON.. it didn't run. The fuel pump was designed to be electrically powered. Another hospital - New York this time - had their emergency power generating equipment in the basement... the plant started up all right, but this didn't last long. The basement was below the level of the adjoining river, and normally kept dry by electric-powered pumps. Somebody classified these pumps as non-essential and their lines were not tied into the emergency power board... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-07-31 23:07 |
| #1 I guess they never heard of automatic power-failure lights you can buy in most WalMarts for about $15. About 12 years ago I was working at a US hospital where this happened, its emergency generator died an hour after the public grid went down. The building code didn't mandate emergency lighting, so there was none. Ever try to find a flashlight in total darkness? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-31 13:15 |