Twenty-one patients at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights were taken to designated hospitals Tuesday after being evacuated due to a power outage.
The outage was reported at 11:45 p.m. Monday and firefighters were called to 1720 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. between North Boyle Avenue and North State Street regarding a power outage at the hospital's Specialty Care Center, said LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
There were 241 patients affected by the loss of power, Stewart said. Some were on ventilators and deemed to be in critical condition. Firefighters took many of the patients down from the hospital's upper floors to ambulances so the patients could be taken to designated hospitals.The remaining 211 patients are non-critical and will be moved to the hospital's South Tower, authorities said.
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