4 Reasons why Industrial Generators Are Important for the Healthcare Industry

Hospitals, clinics and other healthcare institutions are the backbone of modern-day healthcare. Whether it is a new epidemic or a scheduled visit to the doctor’s office, we rely on these institutions for our medical needs. Even research institutions dedicated to the betterment of methods and developing new medicines to combat deadly diseases are equally important for our healthcare.

There are a lot of specialized tools, laboratory samples and life-support apparatus that need to function round the clock without interruptions in order to maintain a certain level of healthcare. A power outage that disrupts this important machinery and associated framework can be devastating to the healthcare industry as a whole (if not to the hospital, clinic or research facility where it is located).

This is where an industrial generator becomes crucial.

1.    Patients And Families Are Assured Of Their Safety

When families admit their elderly or young loved ones, they put their trust in the healthcare institution that they admit them to. Trust is something that is almost impossible to regain once it is lost. Storms and blackouts can be a normal occurrence in some areas. Hospitals and clinics in that area need to show that they are trustworthy, and one important aspect is having a backup source of power for their facility.

An industrial generator is required for sustenance of life in this case. People who are suffering from life threatening diseases and need the help of dialysis machines, lithotripters and oxygen machines etc. are at serious risk without industrial generators.

2.    Working Without Electricity Is Not At All Viable

Just imagine working in the dark when you have to give someone a prescription for medicine (a single overdose of which could easily kill the patient)! Even if there is emergency light used, the uncomfortable heat and humidity due to a virtually absent HVAC can cause the doctor as well as the patient many problems. Performing a root canal or a caesarian section without the electricity is just as equally (if not more) unfathomable.

3.    Power Outages Can Be Unpredictable

A power outage may be a normal occurrence in some areas but in some, there may be a larger fault, the grid may be experiencing problems or the feeders may have tripped. There could even be something worse than this, which could require weeks or even months of repair like a natural disaster such as a wildfire, torrential downpour, tornado, or a hurricane.

People who are injured during these calamities need emergency medical care and if the hospitals do not have a properly maintained industrial generator, it may make matters a whole lot worse.

4.    Data Losses

Hospitals have gotten tech savvy and smart, and for good reason, it eliminates the need to carry around tons of paper containing patient data. But where technology has simplified the lives of many healthcare personnel and institutions, its mismanagement has caused devastating effects. Power outages without proper power backup means that many terabytes of data relating to patients and drugs can be lost instantly if servers go down.

To avoid these problems and overcome concerns of patients and their families, contact All Power Sources at (863) 614-2722 to get your industrial generators installed.