Someone was telling me today that there was a major power cut at the Hallamshire Hospital recently for about 3 hours or so, and that there backup generators failed to kick in!

Anybody know anything about this?

Cheers

BillyWhiz

I was there 10.30-12 and all was normal in the tower. I wouldn't have made may appointment to M floor if the lifts had been out!

Had there been such an incident, I'm sure the deaths of everybody on life-support and/or in intensive care would have made the news...

I gather it was just after 6pm on the 8th of November and they had problems with their generators - luckily nobody suffered as a consequence, but it makes you think doesn't it!

Billy Whiz

most wards and departments are fully aware of what to do in the event of a power failure.
in icu - most machines and monitors run off battery and ventilation procedures would make sure no one died as a result of a total power failure.
same in theatres ...

the only people to suffer would be the ones stuck in a lift :hihi:

How long was the power off?

I heard it was all night from my friend who is a nurse

It sounded a bit scary

Makes you wonder how long the batteries last for not to mention how they could lose the power all that long

My friend is amazed it never made the news

Deepak

Had there been such an incident, I'm sure the deaths of everybody on life-support and/or in intensive care would have made the news...

It amazes me how you make your way onto any thread to post your unhelpful, sarcasticu and generally unhelpful waffelings.
They do have generators in case of a power cut you know, as they were all on standby when Ulley Damn was ready to burst.

They do have generators in case of a power cut you know.


Yes but I heard that they didnt work

The hospital was even closed the next day

Deepak

Yes but I heard that they didnt work

The hospital was even closed the next day

Deepak

Ah right. Wasn't a dig at you.. I suppose they do have practices in place in this event to stop the mass death of patients as Heyesey was impying though :-D

It was a huge power failure caused by a fire at a local substation. It not only affected the hospitals, but most of the University which was closed for several days. There's a big thread about it on here somewhere if you search :)

Ah right. Wasn't a dig at you.. I suppose they do have practices in place in this event to stop the mass death of patients as Heyesey was impying though :-D

Which - if only you were capable of intelligent thought - is why I was pointing out that no such collapse of those practices has occurred recently.

Which - if only you were capable of intelligent thought - is why I was pointing out that no such collapse of those practices has occurred recently.

Oh yes, I forgot, sorry. Of course you know who I am, and what my level of intelligence is... yes, dear. Ok.

Of course you know who I am, and what my level of intelligence is...

I only know the level of intelligence you display in your posts - which, so far, haven't even reached level zero.

I was in the Hallamshire once when they had a powercut which lasted for around three hours. The power went off in the middle of my colonoscopy! I never noticed anything (had other things to think about).

The lights in the public rooms stayed on, the only ones that didn't were in the toilets, probably the room you need most after a colonoscopy!

There was indeed a power failure in November at RHH and failure of all but one of the emergency generators resulting in the hospital being closed to all admissions which were diverted to the NGH. This resulted in many elective operations and procedures at the NGH being cancelled and much distress to many patients. Heads should roll and 'suits' should be sacked imo.

There was indeed a power failure in November at RHH and failure of all but one of the emergency generators resulting in the hospital being closed to all admissions which were diverted to the NGH. This resulted in many elective operations and procedures at the NGH being cancelled and much distress to many patients. Heads should roll and 'suits' should be sacked imo.

Difficult job though, weighing up the costs of new generators (sufficient capacity for a small town) against the cost of keeping services running and meeting the Government's imposed 18 week waits with huge fines for those who fail.

Difficult job though, weighing up the costs of new generators (sufficient capacity for a small town) against the cost of keeping services running and meeting the Government's imposed 18 week waits with huge fines for those who fail.

I have no doubt they have a difficult job but they failed in their duty to ensure patients and staffs safety - they should be sacked.

I only know the level of intelligence you display in your posts - which, so far, haven't even reached level zero.

Ooooh verry catty. Well, you don't know me in person so try your very very hardest not to insult me you small small person, run along now.:cool::rolleyes:

Ooooh verry catty. Well, you don't know me in person so try your very very hardest not to insult me you small small person, run along now.:cool::rolleyes:

Don't feed the troll.

Thanks to all for the snippets of info.
I have since heard that when the power outage occured at RHH only one of the four backup generators kicked in and the other three were out of action for three hours.

Questions need to be asked if the RHH experienced a 75% failure rate in its backup systems!!!!

I dread to think what would have happened if Ulley Dam had burst during the floods and this had happened at the same time - not impossible. Does RHH have spare batteries for its portable equipment?

Food for thought!

Billy Whiz

Thanks to all for the snippets of info.
I have since heard that when the power outage occured at RHH only one of the four backup generators kicked in and the other three were out of action for three hours.

Questions need to be asked if the RHH experienced a 75% failure rate in its backup systems!!!!

I dread to think what would have happened if Ulley Dam had burst during the floods and this had happened at the same time - not impossible. Does RHH have spare batteries for its portable equipment?

Food for thought!

Billy Whiz

Had there been such an incident, I'm sure the deaths of everybody on life-support and/or in intensive care would have made the news...
They wouldn't have died as the 'life support machines' have a back up power supply in the form of something called a battery!! :hihi:
And yes they have spare batteries for portable monitors etc...and you don't need a electrical supply to ventilate a patient whos life support machine may power down. All you need is good old O2 a bag and some tubing, simple really! Oxygen and a ambu bags are always available for something like this happening, it's written in guidelines that back up equipment should ALWAYS be available and this is checked everyday. Hope this reassures you all that if there is a power cut anywhere in the hospital, chances are, you WON't die!

Anyone know anthing about this afternoon's power failure? I went home as couldn't carry on working so don't know if the emergency generator has kicked in yet. Apparenlty there were problems with it.

edit: or one of them having read the post above.

Anyone know anthing about this afternoon's power failure? I went home as couldn't carry on working so don't know if the emergency generator has kicked in yet. Apparenlty there were problems with it.

edit: or one of them having read the post above.

Emergency power came on after about 20 mins in the Med School - not sure about elsewhere in the Hallamshire.

Not sure what happened

It affected all of Outpatients too, don't know if it's back on yet though

I work in radiology and the whole power went out this afternoon for about 30-40 mins. It went out mid-scan for 2 unfortunate people in the MRI scanners, and it was a bit of a shock for us as the scanner noise and lights all cut out instantly and it took a few seconds for emergency lights to come on.

We started running on generator power after about 40 mins but a lot of systems were still out until the main power went back on a few hours later. Apparently it was down to a substation failure on one of the higher floors.