The Mantes-la-Jolie hospital was affected by an electrical outage. Several patients, among the more serious cases, had to be transferred to neighboring hospitals.
The canteen was also affected and hot meals could not be prepared late in the morning. According to several employees, the hospital has several generators to remedy this type of malfunction. But, according to the very first elements, they were unable to take over. "This is the first time this has happened. I find it astonishing,” confides one of them.