Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebecs largest hospitals after violent storm [Video]

One of Quebec’s largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power the night before during one of a series of violent storms that swept through the province.

Officials at Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital — its rapidly aging infrastructure in serious need of major renovations — were forced to cancel 30 surgeries and transfer one surgery patient to another city hospital for urgent care, said Thaïs Dubé, a spokeswoman for the regional health agency in eastern Montreal.

Later in the day officials said they ensured electricity would be available to operating rooms and gave them the green light to reopen. But they said none of the surgeries scheduled for Wednesday would go forward. By 2 p.m., ambulances destined for Maisonneuve-Rosemont were no longer diverting urgent and trauma patients to other health centres.

“Everything is currently being done to restore the situation and allow the resumption of all our activities in …