The New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City was forced to evacuate more than 200 patients including 20 babies that were in the Intensive Care Unit.
The NYU hospital lost power on Monday night between 7 and 7:45 p.m., the hospital’s basement, lower floors and elevator shafts were filled with 10 to 12 feet of water and the backup generators had failed, according to Dr. Andrew Brotman, senior vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs and strategy.
The hospital was without phone service and the surrounding roads were impassable. Patients that were on ventilators were already moved to other hospitals and the city agency was still in the process of working out where to send the rest of the patients at that time.
