Salon.com > Hospital Generators http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Why do hospital generators keep failing? http://www.salon.com/2012/11/01/why_do_hospital_generators_keep_failing/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/01/why_do_hospital_generators_keep_failing/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13059618 It is a hospital's nightmare: The power goes out and backup generators don't kick in, leaving critically ill patients without the mechanical help they need to breathe.

It happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, when hospital staff were on their own when electricity and water cut out. Some died.

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