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riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:14 PM Oct 2012

NYU hospital generators failed?

this is a nightmare. Emergency generators going out in a hospital. No ventilators, no lights, no monitors.


NY Scanner?@NYScanner

NYC: Power in NYU Hospital went down, nurses in pediatric ICU manually bagging patients on ventilators, City begins emergency evacuation.

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NYU hospital generators failed? (Original Post) riverwalker Oct 2012 OP
About as bad as it gets. morningfog Oct 2012 #1
evacuating patients without elevators riverwalker Oct 2012 #2
*saying a prayer and sending good vibes* GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #6
Saying now 210 patients Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #3
A bunch of hospitals close to the East River, not good MannyGoldstein Oct 2012 #4
Worst possible outcome of this miserable storm. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #5

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
2. evacuating patients without elevators
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:18 PM
Oct 2012

Kathryn Schulz?@kathrynschulz

Verified, & worst news I've heard so far: NYU hospital generator failed. Personnel manually evacuating PICU & NICU down 9 flights of stairs.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
3. Saying now 210 patients
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:21 PM
Oct 2012

with 30 ambulances to move them. They are having to bring people down flights of stairs.

This is really becoming a worst case scenario tonight.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
4. A bunch of hospitals close to the East River, not good
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:24 PM
Oct 2012

VA, Cornell, Hospital for Special Surgery.

I hope everyone is OK!

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)
5. Worst possible outcome of this miserable storm.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:27 PM
Oct 2012

I hope they can bring everyone to safety. Terrifying. I'm in Westchester and the wind is still howling. Feels like it's been going on forever.

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