After dozens of surgeries were postponed or relocated, operations are set to return to normal by the end of the week at the Victoria General in Halifax.
Nova Scotia Health says within the next 24 hours they will replace a transformer that caused the issue at the Centennial Building of the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
“Completing this work will require a planned power outage lasting up to two hours,” says NSH in a statement, Wednesday.
It was just before midnight on March 6 when the facility lost power. Power was restored, very early Saturday morning.
When the power went out, the generators were functioning but a transformer “experienced a problem.”
Medical equipment that is critical has dedicated battery power.
Five ICU patients were transferred to the Infirmary as a precaution.
As of Tuesday, 21 surgeries were relocated from the VG to other sites, and 39 surgeries had been rescheduled.
If you are impacted, you will be contacted by your care team.
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