ETMC Hit By Power Outages

TYLER � The rolling blackouts even had an impact at East Texas Medical Center. Their power was turned off twice yesterday. Hospital spokesperson Rebecca Berkley said that ETMC is listed as a tier one facility, which means its power should only be turned off as a last resort. Berkley added, �We understand that the local electric company, Oncor, might have had us classified incorrectly and therefore the main hospital’s power was turned off at 7:20am and around 9:00am for about 10 minutes.� She said ETMC Tyler’s emergency generators immediately kicked on and they never experienced any interruptions in care to their patients or service to their guests.