Floods render NYC hospitals powerless
November 1, 2012 by David B. Caruso in Health
(AP)—There are few places in the U.S. where hospitals have put as much thought and money into disaster planning as New York.
And yet efforts to defend two of the city's busiest, most important medical centers against flooding broke down during Superstorm Sandy this week.
Nearly 1,000 patients had to be evacuated from NYU Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center after backup power systems failed when their basements flooded.
Both hospitals say they fortified their equipment against floods within the past few years. But the water found a way in anyway.
Experts say hospital evacuations because of power failures are rare, but problems with the backup systems at medical centers probably need greater attention.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
-
Power out at NYC hospital; 200 patients evacuate
Oct 30, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
-
Orthopaedic surgery report provides transparency on patient safety, quality initiatives
Feb 10, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
-
Fermi nuke plant used wrong test for years
Feb 22, 2007 |
not rated yet |
0
-
Patient referrals cause differences in hospital infection rates
Mar 18, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
-
Acquisition of robotic technology leads to increased rates of prostate cancer surgery
Mar 10, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
-
Motion perception revisited: High Phi effect challenges established motion perception assumptions
Apr 23, 2013 |
3 / 5 (2) |
2
-
Anything you can do I can do better: Neuromolecular foundations of the superiority illusion (Update)
Apr 02, 2013 |
4.5 / 5 (11) |
5
-
The visual system as economist: Neural resource allocation in visual adaptation
Mar 30, 2013 |
5 / 5 (2) |
9
-
Separate lives: Neuronal and organismal lifespans decoupled
Mar 27, 2013 |
4.9 / 5 (8) |
0
-
Sizing things up: The evolutionary neurobiology of scale invariance
Feb 28, 2013 |
4.8 / 5 (10) |
14
-
Classical and Quantum Mechanics via Lie algebras
Apr 15, 2011
- More from Physics Forums - Independent Research
More news stories
Do doctors understand the individualisation of treatments?
The individualisation of drug treatments to support patients to self-manage their conditions is a concept that sits at the heart of policy, but a recent study in BMJ Open shows that there is no concrete defini ...
Health
1 hour ago |
not rated yet |
0
Keep summer water fun safe with training and supervision
Fun in the summer often means kids spending time in the water, whether at a pool, the beach, a lake or river. A pediatric safety expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) stresses proper training ...
Health
2 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Pregnant bellies: Updating the tape measure technique
A new way of interpreting information from a low-tech, age-old method used in pregnancy care is expected to more accurately identify potential health issues for mothers and babies.
Health
2 hours ago |
not rated yet |
1
Obesity weighs down on top soda guzzler Mexico
Artemio Martinez balanced his corpulent frame on a stool in a Mexico City street taco stand, downing a sweet soda and eating a final pork-filled corn tortilla.
Health
4 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Consumers largely underestimating calorie content of fast food
People eating at fast food restaurants largely underestimate the calorie content of meals, especially large ones, according to a paper published today in BMJ.
Health
16 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
Saudi to send animal samples to US in coronavirus probe
Saudi Arabia said Friday it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.
Engineered cytomegalovirus protects monkeys from HIV equivalent
(Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers in the US has shown that an ancient virus can be modified to help in the fight against the simian immunodeficiency virus SIV, which is the equivalent in monkeys ...
New neuron formation could increase capacity for new learning, at the expense of old memories
New research presented today shows that formation of new neurons in the hippocampus - a brain region known for its importance in learning and remembering - could cause forgetting of old memories by causing a reorganization ...
Are there atheists in foxholes? Study says they're the minority
Ernie Pyle – an iconic war correspondent in World War II – reportedly said "There are no atheists in foxholes." A new joint study between two brothers at Cornell and Virginia Wesleyan found that only ...
Controlling mood through the motions of mitochondria
(Medical Xpress)—Regulating the distribution of power in neurons is done by a system that makes the national electric grid look simple by comparison. Each neuron has several thousand mitochondria confined ...
Scientists put bowel cancer under the microscope
Researchers from London's Kingston University have begun a two-year study which could help prolong the lives of people with colorectal tumours.
