This moment!
The monitors, the infusion pumps, the ventilators, all the shrill alarms you could hear suddenly went off—yes, the ICU had lost power.
How terrifying was that?
Is ten years too long?
Good!
Two years ago, in a large comprehensive top-tier hospital in the country!
The operating room lost power.
Aside from a single daylight lamp, all other electrical devices had come to a halt.
Yes, a heart surgery was underway.
Even more terrifying was that the patient was on extracorporeal circulation at the time, and the extracorporeal circulation machine (the artificial heart-lung machine) was still operating.
At this moment, the patient had no heartbeat, and their life depended on the extracorporeal circulation machine. The shadowless lamp went out, and the lead surgeon continued the operation using a headlamp and several flashlights.
