The Ottawa Hospital's General campus is still diverting patients to other emergency departments in the city after a fire broke out, causing the hospital to evacuate. It may take several days for the hospital to resume normal operations.
The Ottawa Hospital's General campus is still diverting patients to other emergency departments in the city after transferring patients following a Friday afternoon fire — in what the hospital's leader says was an evacuation of the highest order.Posted: Oct 28, 2023 1:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago
The hospital was in the process of replacing a transformer on the third floor when the transformer caught fire. Ottawa Fire Services responded around 3:45 p.m., and the fire was declared under control at 5:26 p.m.There were no patients on the third floor, as that space is devoted to mechanical works that feed into the rest of the building.
"They're the sickest babies, that's why they're on ventilators. You do not want smoke, you do not want anything in that area," Love said.Cameron Love, president and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, speaks to reporters on Saturday after a fire at the hospital's General campus. "We've had no incidents associated with smoke inhalation or incidents associated with the fire," he added.Since the fire has disrupted emergency department services at the hospital, members of the public are being asked to visit other ERs in Ottawa instead.
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