Terrified patients forced to flee major hospital 'in the dark' after power outage | SWNS
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- Patients have spoken of the dramatic moment they were forced to evacuate a major city hospital 'in the dark' after a critical incident was declared.
People being treated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary said they heard what some thought was an 'explosion' as they were plunged into darkness and told to leave the site immediately.
Multiple emergency services remain at the scene in Bristol city centre after what hospital bosses have since described as a 'power outage'.
But those forced to flee said there was significant confusion about what was happening - with some claiming it was a ceiling collapse and others saying sparks were flying causing a fire.
Lisa Davidson, 50, a housewife from Bristol, was having a blood infusion inside for Crohn's disease.
She said: "All the lights went off and they kept flashing on and off. Then they told us to go out, we couldn’t find our way out.
"We tried to get out from the main entrance but that was locked so we had to come out from the car park. It was really scary, I felt a bit upset. They had to stop my infusions to evacuate.
"It was like a nightmare."
Sarah, 56, office manager, from Somerset, said she had been waiting along with her sister outside the hospital for more than two hours waiting to see her elderly mother with dementia.
She said "We arrived at about 3 o’clock and they said there had been a power outage.
"They weren’t giving very much information so it’s just what we’ve heard from people walking past, it seems like it’s quite a lot of fire engines.
"Our mum came into into A and E with a leg wound in the early hours this morning.
"She’s 88 with alzheimer’s and we can’t see her. It’s quite shocking.
"The incident is scary enough. She been through a lot of upheaval over the last few weeks, we thought us being here would be reassuring but we don’t know how long we’ll be out here.
"We just got told to get a coffee. We don’t know what’s going on and we can’t speak to anyone connected to the A and E ward.
"They said there were no phone lines, but she’s been in there since 3am. We don’t know why she’s inside, and we can’t go in.
"It is worrying because we don’t know to what extent this incident has affected things inside the hospital."
William Cullen, 53, who works in WHSmith as store manager inside the hospital, said: "There’s a collapse of a ceiling in the A and E department.
"I work for WHSmith in the store and everybody’s been told to evacuate. It went dark and there was an alarm going off, which didn’t go off straight away.
"There was a lot of confusion, there was no communication. There was news of someone saying there was an explosion. A and E is two floors up so it’s come from that area.
"We’re used to doing it as they have an annual fire evacuation. But we had to remove a customer from the store who was a patient."
One patient said they've now been waiting outside for several hours and didn't know when they would be able to return.
They added: "When we were on the ward they told us to go and to go out through the stairs, through the entrance bit and bombard past all the security. They said 'just get out' so that’s what I did at about quarter past two.
"I’ve just been stood outside since then. I just know I needed to get out. I feel alright now I’m out. I just feel cold and want to go back, but only when it’s safe."
Multiple fire engines and police on horseback have been pictured at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) after what bosses described as a 'power outage'.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust said it was affecting its hospitals in Bristol city centre.
The Trust runs multiple sites in the centre of the city including The Bristol Royal Infirmary (The BRI), Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, St Michael's Hospital and Bristol Eye Hospital.
Interim chief medical officer at UHBW Dr Rebecca Maxwell said: “We have declared a critical incident due to a power outage. We aim to have this fully resolved as soon as possible.
"All patients, visitors and colleagues are safe.
"We ask the public not to attend our Bristol city centre hospitals until the incident is resolved and use alternative services in the area.
"We thank you for your cooperation.”
Avon Fire and Rescue Service said there were currently 10 appliances in attendance outside the hospital.
Avon and Somerset Police have also attended and are managing road closures.
People needing urgent medical help are being advised to contact NHS 111.
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Do us all a favour. If you can't, or won't, say what's going on, don't bother posting.
Why? They get money whenever someone clicks...
Dumb suggestion..
Whole write-up in the text below the video - which was quite well researched actually.
@@keithalderson100If I wanted to READ, I'd buy a snoozepaper.
@@SubjectiveFunny Even better, that guy's mad but he's boosted their engagement by posting that comment and having others post subsequent comments, he's a doofus
Click where it says "more" under the video title.
"BREAKING NEWS: Something's going on but we don't know what's going on"
- Journalism 2024
Too scared to say fuxk all 😡
They do the same thing when it's an islamic terrorist or an illegal refugee , they never give a headline but as soon as it's about someone putting up a Saint George's flag and it offends a foreigner it's plastered FAR RIGHT EXTREMEST ERECTS FLAG ON A POLE . typical main stream media
Lmmfao 🤣🤣🤣
Click the info under the title, admittedly annoying not including the info in the clip though.
The vending machine has run out of Monster Munch.
😅
Roast Beef or Pickled Onion 🤨!
There's plenty of roast beef left.@@kerryharrison3806
Phew.. has me worried for a second, thought you were going to say they ran out of monster 😮
I am now no more informed than I was from reading the video title.
SOMEONE KICKED OF BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SAFE ROOM TO PRAY IN .
What? Who?How? - very informative - not
What's wrong, have they treated somebody, because that would be a major incident
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Lol!!! How dare they?
Fire fighters why are they not saying anything about it
😂😂😂😂😂
come work a 12 hour shift in a busy unit, it might change your mind
They found 10 bodies in a&e they'd been there 10 years
🤣
So unlucky, it was nearly their turn in the queue to see a doctor.
😂😂😂😂😂
Only 10?
Brilliant 👍
Apparently the doctors and nurses were doing a ticktock dance rehearsal to the conga and fell down the stairs injuring the lot of them .
Sod off
😅😅😅
😂😂😂
I can actually believe this !
Dafuc lol
Someone got took right away inA E
17 old ladies dead in a corridor since 1980
Fluck me has an indigenous British tax payer actually be seen and treated in the same year? WOW now that would've been declared a major Incident.
Major incident at Bristol hospital they managed to treat someone in A&E in under 7 hours
Report that people were being treated, so the police stepped in
Have I gone deaf
What?
Would did you say
I don't know. Where did you hear that?
Yes
🤫!
someone refuse to wear an ineffective paper mask?
No it was a fire that caused a massive power outage but the power is now back on
The nurses and doctors eventually left the reception area
Elvis has left the building
An explanation of some description would be nice.
If you are able to read, try reading the drop down description.
@@mickk8519it's sort of the, whole point of CZcams to present videos.
A written description with virtually useless wallpaper video isn't really the thing here.
Some people heard "an explosion" and the building was evacuated in the dark. One lady having a blood transfusion was "upset" about it. But the officials are saying it was "a power outage," which explains the enormous police and fire service presence. I often get power cuts and it's honestly the only time the police ever come out. Nothing to see here.
Remember Bristol Royal Infirmary was on the news about dangerous ceiling & leaks & corridors blocked 🚫 off
Yep now it’s due to a power outage which was caused by a fire that is now out but the power is still out.
Why won't they tell you anything? If a ceiling collapsed, say so.
They located a missing paracetamol
Can't say I've ever seen so many fire engines attend a power outage before. Great use of limited resources from the NHS once again 👌🏼
Major incident declared people seen in under 30mins in A&E
So there was a power cut, a few ceiling tiles fell in, and rumours of a small fire? That’s it? Not sure why the video was so cryptic.
An electrical outage apparently, and patients having to be evacuated
Don't worry folks police are going to step up patrols in the area not before having a health and safety assessment
You are on it, gotta give you that
Avon and Somerset Police say officers are supporting fire and rescue crews with the incident, which the force says is "believed to be caused by an electrical fault at BRI".
The Bristol Post reports a back-up generator has been delivered to BRI.
How many emergency personnel does it take to screw in a backup generator?
What's a BRI?
Hope it’s not solar, rain hasn’t stopped all day!
@@ChrisAndCats Bristol Royal Infirmary
@@kerryharrison3806 solar rays don't disappear when it rains lol. What do you think daylight is?
Duh, ......what was the reason?
Well, that cleared that up.....!
Someone got seen in A&E with a minor complaint within 20minutes 😳 all hell is breaking loose ! 🤨
Everyone standing around like in a video game
The lights are back on in the BRI
WHATS HAPPENED AT THIS HOSPITAL????????? WHY ARENT WE GETTING ANY INFORMATION??????? WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS ???????
Pointless post as no real information.
Did they find an actual covid patient?
There's an outside chance that an explosion occurred because of inadequate 'deep cleaning' which is necessary not only to keep hospitals relatively sterile but also to keep back a build up of oxygen molecules which happens when pure oxygen is used regularly in places like hospitals. Oxygen in its purest form is extremely volatile (for those who may not know).
That’s it? 🥺🕊✝️🙏🏻
What a very uninformative video. What a waste of air time. All I saw was emergency service people and their vehicles milling around with members of the public wondering what to do.
WTF are the fire service and po there for?
The police were there for road closures and the 10 fire engines were there to put out a fire which caused the power outage and probably also evacuate those who can’t use stairs
@@isy2rapsblondie647 ok thanks
Emergency services getting sent to an emergency, SHOCK!
@raymond … a nice bit of overtime?
EV?
Clickbait posing as worthwhile reporting🙄
Just a blue light chaser trying to be famous. Best get a real job.
a burka with a hoodie over the top, they just get more and more ridiculous disguising themselves
Not enough chairs for the patients to sit on - the queue started in 2021 !
Could it be that an asylum seeker has stubbed their toe?
Is this a dry run for when Labour nationalise the power grid and have a completely DEI workforce with no skills or experience?
Yes privatisation did great for water companies and public health didn’t it. The only thing stupider than capitalism is the drones that throw themselves into its fire
Your life support will fail, but you'll die happy in the knowledge that the electrician was a transgender lesbian of colour.
From what I can tell from the very tiny snippets of useless information, it looks like there was a power cut and possibly one of the backup generators caught on fire which has damaged the power infrastructure and now there is no power at all being supplied to the hospital externally other than one generator supplying power to critical areas. Another news article showed a lorry parked outside with a huge external power generator on the back, but other than that there is no confirmation on any of the Articles and they all say something different but the same headline..
The fact they're saying very little, makes me think immigrant 😂😂😂
Messing about with the next batch of kung flew boosters and got the mixture incorrect 😀
Tea break.
It was a power outage and a fire
It seems that every day this week there have been 'major incidents' in London.
I wonder if the perpetrator is called John Smith or Bob Jones.
Definitely Not a zombie outbreak coming out of sewers.
And?
So what happened???? Unless video no information & no audio 😮 to explain 🤔
Hospitals have back up generators so why would a power outage take so long? Unless they haven’t been maintaining their alternate energy supply.
Why didn't the emergency generators go on of it was a power outage?
There's always a major incident at city hospital. That's y it's a hospital. Why they telling patients to keep away is beyond me.
Click bait
Which city???
It looks like an Israeli soldier was caught in A&E trying to simulate what he did in Gaza. May God save our hospitals and patients .
What’s that ? Have they emptied the waiting areas ?
That lady who was having an infusion said we were told to get out, dont want to draw concludions but why wasrnt staff physically getting people out and seconfly ehere was emergrncy lighting i live in a shrltered housingcscheme and we have emergdncy lighting
Under the Tories hospitals don't have money to replace light bulbs let alone build redundancy into the system.
The staff help those that can’t walk out unaided.
More Info please?
Maybe reporting isn't your strongest talent.
The same thing happened at Victoria Station
I THINK SOMEONE HURT THEMSELVES DID NOT SEE ANY AMBULANCES THOUGH
Strange how nothing on the BBC or sky
Tik tok rehersals for the next variant ?
Nurse gives it up on the first date.
Power outage apparently some people where moved
How can you tell patients to stay away from hospital if already admitted, you need to be seen by a member of NHS staff to be called a patient and sort the fucking title out
It was just a small fire guys don't worry.
At least tell us what was happening, was an elephant let loose? Very major.
No news report then?
Explosion was heard and the hospital gone into darkness
Yep electrical explosion some saw a flash of white light, there was a fire which was put out by the fire engines and there was a power outage but at roughly 20:00 pm the power came back on.
Bristol hospital and it was a major power cut
Is he filming through the bottom of a milk bottle??
Fire engines?...so a cat got stuck on the roof..."Major incident" 🙄
Obviously NOTHING ELSE going on in Bristol. Where's all yer anarchists? Too wet??😂😂
Info. Patients have been told not to attend hospitals in Bristol city centre because of a “critical incident” amid reports of a ceiling collapse.
obviously not that major if you have public and staff ( laughing at 0.24) standing mere meters away from what ever happened.
Is that gas, elec or water meters?
The family of the Alzheimer’s patient, get a grip, she’s fine and won’t recall the incident anyway. My grandmother had it and I know about it.
The others that said it was horrific or frightening get a hold of yourselves ffs, the lights were flickering not the end of the world!
In a non medical emergency an evacuation is essential to allow the professionals to do their work and to prevent injury or death.
Those griping about need to understand the world doesn’t revolve around you.
As for the staff, what the hell is wrong with you lot, did you forget all your training? Why did you allow your emotions to take control? Very unprofessional. You have a duty of care and part of that is remaining calm and communicating clearly in any emergency. DO BETTER!
Like everyday.. just wait for it..
Ps.. can we have the real News 👍
Most probably a gas leak or something if you have the fire brigade in
It was a fire that caused a large power cut. The reason there was 10 fire trucks was because they didn’t know if they were going to evacuate the building which had 100 people in bed and they didn’t know where the fire was. Also there was fears that one of the scanners explode as when they explode it can release helium.
Probably something too sensitive to report that perhaps involves some that sounds a bit like “Allan’s snackbar”
You can see the main entrance to A&E from Hematology out the back on Terrell street if there was anything.
Nothing to see here people ! 🙄
For those who are wondering what happened, a ventriloquist dummy escaped from the I.C.U ward and he pushed a nurse into a storage cupboard and he put on her uniform before fleeing into a nearby pinàta store where he has been holding the store owner and his wife hostage for two hours..
Must be recording footage for their next False Flag.
chip pan fire
Deffo probably a typsy nurse cooking some chips for he favorite patient. 😜
I didn't know I work there and I had a day off but I didn't know
Religion of peace at it again
power cut
What hospital where is that 🤔🥴
Bristol royal infirmary (BRI) and children’s hospital
It's time for solidarity brothers & sisters 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇲
Soo... what happened!? Why does a power outage make an explosion? Guess some faulty wiring perhaps
Frankly... none the wiser!