WakeMed goes dark during brief power outage

Friday, January 12, 2018
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) -- A failed transformer caused a temporary power outage at WakeMed in Raleigh on Friday night.

WakeMed spokesperson Kristen Kelly said a redundant transformer eventually kicked on and there was no impact on patients.
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An ABC11 viewer sent in a photo showing the hospital campus on New Bern Avenue mostly in the dark.

The outage happened at 8:30 p.m. and affected multiple hospital patient care areas, WakeMed spokesperson Heather Monackey said.
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"We are now back on commercial power with full emergency generator back up and do not anticipate additional power outages," Monackey added.
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