A crow that was electrocuted on a power line in Hampstead indirectly caused a two-hour blackout at the MUHC superhospital last week, resulting in the cancellation of surgeries as the ventilation and other systems rebooted.
And on Wednesday, a power flicker lasting a few milliseconds was enough to trigger the rebooting of the same systems at the superhospital.
As soon as the power went out, the emergency generators kicked in, but they were unable to provide full power for two hours at the Glen site, Popple explained. At the same time, the ventilation systems needed time to reboot, and during that time the humidity levels rose in the operating rooms.
As a result, the MUHC had to cancel an unspecified number of operations. No operations were cancelled due to Wednesday’s power flicker.
Source: Montreal Gazette
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