Roughly 120 patients will have to be moved, officials said.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.More than 100 patients are being transferred from Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital to other facilities Saturday after the hospital lost power from yesterday’s torrential rains, officials said.
New York City Health + Hospitals, the city’s public hospital system, announced it had to begin the temporary evacuation because of electrical problems caused by Friday’s storms. Flooding forced the hospital to go on a backup generator, but the utility company Con Edison said they have to shut down that generator too, in order to make the needed repairs.
“We are prepared to activate a full evacuation plan and transfer all patients to other hospitals or post-acute facility in our health system,” said Woodhull’s CEO Gregory J. Calliste in a statement, adding he was confident his team and the city “will be able to safely transfer and protect our patients.”
The city hospital system estimates that about 120 patients need to be moved. Officials say they’re in the process of notifying families, as well as area hospitals that may see an increase in patients.Rajath Vikram contributed reporting.
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