{"id":521904,"date":"2026-03-08T05:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T05:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:34:17","slug":"5-patients-moved-after-halifax-hospital-loses-power-for-6-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521904\/","title":{"rendered":"5 patients moved after Halifax hospital loses power for 6 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nova Scotia Health says five critical care patients were transferred to the Halifax Infirmary after the power went out at the Victoria General Hospital at 11:30 p.m. AT Friday.<\/p>\n

While the hospital is typically protected from outages due to its backup generator, Nova Scotia Health said that failed to kick-in due to a problem with the transfer switch, an issue that\u2019s still being fixed.<\/p>\n

Crews were able to restore power by temporarily switching the Victoria General to another breaker.<\/p>\n

The hospital was without power until around 5:30 a.m. Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Contingency plans are in place should another outage occur while repairs are underway,” a spokesperson said in email Saturday.<\/p>\n

Surgeries could be affected<\/p>\n

No surgeries were in progress at the time of the outage, but scheduled surgeries are being reviewed, said Nova Scotia Health.<\/p>\n

Patients with procedures scheduled for Monday are being told to contact their care teams to confirm their appointments are still on.<\/p>\n

Nova Scotia Health said it’s unclear when the issue with the backup generator will be fixed.<\/p>\n

In an email, Nova Scotia Power said the outage was caused by an issue with the hospital’s internal electrical equipment that triggered a safety switch on a breaker that halted power to the building.<\/p>\n

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