Patients at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights — many who were on ventilators and deemed to be in critical condition — have been evacuated Tuesday due to a power outage.
The outage was reported at 11:45 p.m. Monday and firefighters were called to 1720 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. between North Boyle Avenue and North State Street regarding a power outage at the hospital’s Specialty Care Center, said LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
The evacuated patients included infants and their mothers.
Stewart said 17 critical patients have been transported to designated hospitals “with more patients being prepared for transport.”
There were 241 patients affected by the loss of power, she added.
Firefighters took many of the patients down from the hospital’s upper floors to ambulances so the patients could be taken to designated hospitals.
The remaining 211 patients are non-critical and will be moved to the hospital’s South Tower, authorities said.
Fox 11 reported a baby had been delivered during the outage and a patient was trapped inside a non-working elevator but was rescued by firefighters.
The cause of the outage is unknown.