“Hospitals in Spain Run on Generators as Blackout Affects Southern Europe”

The Health Minister said today that the government is working with hospitals to ensure increased energy autonomy, following the blackout that affected mainland Portugal on Monday. “After this unprecedented and unexpected situation, we have a series of areas that will now be our focus of attention in the coming weeks,” said Ana Paula Martins at the end of a visit to the Garcia de Orta Hospital, in Almada. According to the minister, the issue of g…

“Hospitals in Spain Run on Generators as Blackout Affects Southern Europe”

Dependency on Backup Generators in Spanish Hospitals Amid Southern Europe Blackouts Hospitals in Spain are increasingly dependent on backup generators amid a series of blackouts affecting southern Europe. These outages arise from high energy demand and weaknesses in infrastructure. As a result, hospitals are integrating generators into their core operations to guarantee the functionality of critical systems like ventilators and surgical equipmen…

Barcelona lived through the past Monday a day more than exceptional due to a general blackout that came to paralyze Spain, after 15 gigawatts disappeared in just over five seconds, the equivalent of 60 percent of the country’s demand. Hospitals in the Ciudad Condal also suffered the consequences of this anomaly, although the fact of having their own generators allowed them to work quickly and diligently. The professionals of Hospital Clínic expe…

The hospital maintained its activity through generators, but the duration of the incident made it necessary to refuel diesel The Civil Guard had to escort a tanker truck to secure the supply Granada regains light after 17 hours of ap

Generators maintain health infrastructure

Hospitals and health centers throughout Spain activated their generators on Monday to maintain patient care, after the electricity blackout that affected much of the country. In the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid, internal sources confirmed that “emergency generators are in operation” and that the contingency plan foreseen for these cases was activated. All non-urgent interventions and procedures that were not emergency were suspended. In B…