Health & Fitness
RI Hospital Has Power Outage, Running On Backup Power: Reports
Emergency room patients are being sent to other local hospitals because of the power outage.
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island Hospital in Providence reportedly lost power Wednesday morning and is running on a backup generator.
A Lifespan spokesperson told NBC 10 the hospital lost power around 8 a.m., and backup generators were activated. Rhode Island Hospital is now on diversion, which means new emergency room patients will be sent to other local hospitals.
"We are now transitioning to a secondary power source from Rhode Island Energy and are moving away from the backup generators, which will take several hours to be fully operational," a Lifespan spokesperson told WPRI 12.
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