Ipswich Hospital suffers power outage amid national power failure after back-up generator fails to work
Ipswich Hospital was hit by a power cut that affected the whole site
Power was lost across Ipswich Hospital amid a national power failure after the back-up generator failed to work. The site was hit by a 30-minute power cut and staff are looking into why the back-up generators did not kick in.A spokeswoman for Ipswich Hospital said it was"too early" to say whether there was a fault but assured staff"helped keep patients safe" during the power outage., affecting homes and transport networks.
"My mum was being lifted up and was near the top when all these sirens went off in the hospital and the lift stopped," she said. "They said the power had gone out across the site. Lots of parts of the hospital were completely dark. We had to get my mum down manually."Another woman at the hospital said she was with her friend in the cardiac unit when"the power just went off"."People seemed calm. There was no panic.""It was just a few seconds, definitely no more than 10," she said.
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