Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has had 23 power outages this year and needs “a new power line into the hospital” says Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony Haines. He was speaking at the Ontario Energy Network Thursday. “Our friends at Sunnybrook (Hospital) have had 23 outages this year,” he said. Haines told the Toronto Star that the outages were made of up 13 outright interruptions, plus another 10 incidents when the quality of power “sagged.” Hospital equipment is especially sensitive to even momentary interruptions, he said: “One sixtieth of a second takes an MRI machine down.” Power interruptions cause delays as equipment has to be shut down and re-booted, he said.
