NUMC Power Outage Briefly Disrupts Emergency Calls

EAST MEADOW, NY — A weekend power outage at Nassau University Medical Center led to emergency calls briefly rerouted to other hospitals, a hospital spokesperson confirmed.

A blown fuse on PSEG equipment that feeds into the hospital was the culprit for the loss of power, the hospital said.

"At 4:38 p.m. Saturday, one of two redundant transmission lines serving NUMC locked out. The second, redundant supply was not affected. Our records indicate that the hospital successfully switched to the redundant line and resumed non-generator power by 7 p.m. The cause for the partial outage is under investigation by PSEG Long Island and NUMC," a PSEG Long Island spokesperson said.

Back-up generators kept the hospital up and running. No patient care was impacted, the spokesperson said.

"Our dedicated staff responded swiftly and performed admirably, maintaining the highest standards of care throughout the incident," Spokesperson Krysia Lenzo said.

The East Meadow Fire Department responded to the hospital as a precaution.