Outpatient hospital appointments are to be cancelled across NHS Ayrshire & Arran tomorrow following a huge power outage.It follows a major incident being declared at Crosshouse Hospital in the early hours of this morning, when the power went down and affected services at nearby health units.Power has now been resorted at the site but NHS chiefs confirmed tonight that "patient administrative systems" remain under severe strain.They said a number of outpatient clinics for acute services will be scrapped tomorrow (Monday) at Ayr and Crosshouse, East Ayrshire Community Hospital, Ayrshire Central Hospital and MSK appointments at Biggart Hospital.Dr Crawford McGuffie, Medical Director, said: “This has been an unavoidable decision and we understand that this will have an impact on a number of people who access our services. "Unfortunately the administrative systems we rely on to run our outpatient clinics smoothly have not been fully restored at this point, so we will not be in a position to run these services on Monday.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.“Our teams are working very hard to get all these systems operating normally and we hope everything can be resolved as quickly as possible. "We are very sorry for the impact these appointment cancellations will undoubtedly have on our patients and want to apologise for any disruption caused.“If you have an outpatient
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