Inquiry into Olive View generator failure

Posted by Rick Orlov on November 17, 2008 5:58 AM | | Comments (0) |

State and county officials said Sunday they plan to take steps to ensure hospital generators are in working order following the failure of the backup generator at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center during this weekend's firestorm. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

After the power went out at the hospital, the backup generator failed, leaving the hospital without power for 31/2 hours late Friday and early Saturday.

Eleven children in the neo-intensive care unit and five patients on ventilators were taken to other hospitals.

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