A 77-year-old British woman died during heart surgery when the hospital lost power for 10 minutes — and even the backup generator failed during the procedure.

Jean Dye was undergoing a procedure for cardiac disease at Scunthorpe General Hospital in Scunthorpe, England, on Sept. 7, 2024, when the outage occurred in the middle of the surgery, the BBC reported this week, citing results from a newly released coroner’s inquest .

Scunthorpe General Hospital lost power during Jean Dye’s heart surgery on Sept. 7, 2024. Google Maps

Doctors were about to place cardiac stents in Dye’s arteries when the loss of power left surgeons with “limited opportunity to provide the necessary remedial treatment,” the inquest stated.

The Emergency Power Off circuit was activated during the blackout, which o

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