Published 2 years ago

Electrical transformer malfunction the cause of UW-Hospital patient diversion

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Around 1 p.m. Saturday, an electrical transformer at the Madison hospital malfunctioned. The transformer shut off power in the hospital and hospital staff had to begin diverting patients from the emergency room. Power was fully restored to UW Hospital Saturday evening after a malfunction to one of the building's electrical transformers caused the emergency department to divert patients for more than five hours.

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Electrical transformer malfunction the cause of UW-Hospital patient diversion

“The cause of the power outage at University Hospital was related to one of the building’s electrical transformers. It was resolved within hours and the hospital is back on normal utility power,” UW Health spokesperson Emily Kumlien said in a…

2 years ago·Madison, United States

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