Medical Center Evacuates Patients in Wake of Wildfire
A California wildfire forced Olive View-UCLA Medical Center to evacuate more than two dozen critical care patients. The hospital plans to examine the failure of its backup generators and review its response to the fire in the coming days.
- "Power Failure Brings Sylmar Hospital To Standstill" (Blankstein/Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 11/15).
- "Wildfire Forces Medical Center Evacuation" (Montagne, "Morning Edition," NPR, 11/17).