Patients, doctors and nurses at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center ended up in the dark and without air conditioning for hours Tuesday.
Adams, a member of the Santa Clara Valley physicians group said without access to ventilators and other critical equipment some patients from building K had to be rushed to other buildings that still had power. Others were transferred to alternate hospitals.
At one point the hospital went black, forcing them to divert ambulances and emergency patients to other hospitals.NBC Bay Area reached out to Valley Medical Center which issued this statement saying,” Our emergency plans went into place immediately and patient safety was never compromised. At no time were patients put into life-threatening situation. For a period of time last night, the emergency department was closed to stroke heart attack trauma and ambulance arrivals.
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