Power outage results in surgeries by flashlight
August 8, 2018
MONTREAL – A blackout that lasted nearly one hour at the Montreal University Health Centre affected surgical suites and resulted in surgeons using flashlights to finish operations that were already in progress. The blackout occurred in late July.
According to the Montreal Gazette, the flashlights were easy to find, because for the first six months after the superhospital opened in 2015, the McGill University Health Centre stocked the operating rooms with plenty of flashlights and batteries in case of feared blackouts.
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