A power outage at White Memorial Hospital in LA's Boyle Heights neighborhood led to the evacuation of hundreds of patients.
The power outage happened around 11:40 p.m. Monday. The Los Angeles Fire Department began receiving calls about an automatic fire alarm that was going off and when firefighters arrived at the scene, they realized they had a large-scale emergency on their hands.
During the evacuation process, fire officials told FOX 11 a baby was delivered as medical staff used battery-powered flashlights. They added the baby and mother were healthy and were getting the care they needed despite the power outage. Emergency crews and hospital staff worked together to make the process as seamless as possible for the patients. By Tuesday morning, the critical patients were still in the process of being transported to other hospitals and the remaining patients were being assisted by hospital staff and firefighter paramedics.
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