First and foremost, I would like to extend my sincere apologies to those who were affected by the power
outage to the Dialysis Clinic yesterday evening. I have family and friends who rely on dialysis, so I know
firsthand how difficult it is when something like this occurs and the impact it has on our loved ones.
Yesterday around 4:30p.m. we experienced an island wide power outage. Our Emergency Response
Plan was implemented immediately. The generator that supplies power to the prioritized Critical Care
Units restored power to those areas in approximately 13 seconds. The ICU and other critical care units
are of the utmost importance to us and need to have continuous power.
The second emergency generator that powers our Dialysis unit and other departmental services took
several minutes to restore power, and unfortunately after 25 minutes, the generator experienced a
mechanical failure to its cooling system. Due to this lapse and for the safety of the patients, the dialysis
unit made the decision to reschedule the dialysis patients slated during this time to a time that falls
within their routine schedule and does not disrupt their care.
This allowed the engineering team to address the power concerns and fully restore continuous power to
the unit before the next scheduled round of dialysis treatment. Al power was restored back to all units
at 6:20pm. The teams worked continuously through the night toward a successful temporary fix in the
event of another power outage and are currently working tirelessly on a secondary solution to add
another layer of redundancy to our current plan.
I am personally committed to a permanent solution which is in the works. In the next couple of
months, our second stand-by generator will be installed to provide another layer of emergency
support. In the meantime, we are working diligently to implement multiple contingency systems to
address immediate needs and prevent this from happening again. I am working closely with the board of
directors, who have been fully supportive of these efforts, to implement the much-needed
improvements to our hospital. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate these
challenging times.
