Power failure brings Sylmar hospital to standstill

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center goes into disaster mode after its power plant fails to activate early Saturday. Twenty-seven patients are evacuated to other facilities. Power is restored by 5 a.m. Although flames had chewed through the power lines that serve the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, staff members thought that they would be fine. The hospital prided itself on its "state-of-the-art" back-up systems.

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