A transformer fire at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital resulted in the relocation of 96 patients, including babies in the neonatal ICU. Quick-acting staff and firefighters prevented serious injuries, but there was smoke and water damage to the building.
An Ottawa fire truck remains outside the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital Oct. 28, 2023, after a transformer fire the day before.
Patients in the west end of the main building had to be relocated. Love said 96 patients were moved elsewhere, including babies in the neonatal ICU, who have been transferred to CHEO. Anyone needing emergency care can visit the emergency departments at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, the Montfort Hospital and the Queensway-Carleton Hospital.
"Patients' families that are coming in, we have social workers that are in the building," Love said. "Later today and tomorrow, we will be able to confirm more accurately when we will be able to recommission the units.""My mother is now in the hospital and all night we stayed in her room," said Eleonora Isayeve. "Staff helped us a lot. Everything was organized very well.
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