Hospital declares major incident as entire building loses power
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA north west NHS hospital has declared a major incident after losing power across an entire building. Work is taking place to clear standing water from the basement of the Women’s and Children’s Unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
It comes after severe flooding took place overnight. Firefighters are working at the scene today (November 7). Officials say patients are safe and able to receive appropriate care despite the major incident, Lancs Live reports.
Further work is ongoing to clear the area of standing water. READ MORE: The takeaway so filthy the mice were eating the grease READ MORE: Woman, 25, killed in horror crash as man arrested The situation has been described as a 'major incident level two'.
Patients with scheduled elective operations are being asked to rearrange. Those who have not been contacted are advised to attend scheduled appointments.
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