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2007-07-31 Science & Technology

Policlinico J.D. Peron OFF LIMITS to Rantburghers & Tricare patients.

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Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-31 07:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I guess they never heard of automatic power-failure lights you can buy in most WalMarts for about $15. About 12 years ago I was working at a US hospital where this happened, its emergency generator died an hour after the public grid went down. The building code didn't mandate emergency lighting, so there was none. Ever try to find a flashlight in total darkness?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-31 13:15|| 2007-07-31 13:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Hospitals, it seems, have always had their share of backup power problems. sci-fi editor John Campbell:

[During the Nov. 1965 blackout] One of the major Boston hospitals had installed a magnificent new emergency power system about two months before the Blackout...the plant engineer there the new plant switch ON.. it didn't run. The fuel pump was designed to be electrically powered.

Another hospital - New York this time - had their emergency power generating equipment in the basement... the plant started up all right, but this didn't last long. The basement was below the level of the adjoining river, and normally kept dry by electric-powered pumps. Somebody classified these pumps as non-essential and their lines were not tied into the emergency power board...

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-31 23:07|| 2007-07-31 23:07|| Front Page Top

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