A total of 241 patients were impacted by the outage, 30 of those deemed “critical patients” who have been transported by ambulance to nearby hospitals, fire officials said.
A partial power outage overnight at Los Angeles’ White Memorial Hospital led to the evacuation of at least 30 “critical” patients and left nearly 250 patients in the dark, fire officials said.
A total of 241 patients were impacted by the outage, 30 of those were deemed “critical patients” and transported by ambulance to nearby hospitals, fire officials said in a“Firefights are bringing them down to the ground floor, assisting ventilations as required, for transport," officials said.
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