Unlike offices, buildings, or manufacturing plants, the stability of the electrical supply in the medical sector—especially in hospitals and healthcare facilities—is a matter of life and death. Any power-related incident, even one lasting just a few seconds, can have a direct and potentially fatal impact on human lives.
Hospitals must be able to maintain an absolutely continuous power supply for patient life-support systems and equipment in operating rooms, such as ventilators, anesthesia machines, and MRI scanners. A power failure in these critical areas, even for a few seconds, can have severe consequences for a patient's survival.
"Dr. Nguyen Vinh Lam, Head of the Oncology Intensive Care Unit at Bai Chay Hospital, shares: "For intensive care units, electricity directly affects the entire system of machinery that sustains patients' lives. A power failure leading to an interruption of supply directly threatens patients' lives."
Beyond the danger of a complete power loss, high-tech diagnostic equipment like MRI, CT, and X-ray machines are also highly sensitive to voltage instability or electrical noise. An unclean power current can cause them to operate incorrectly, leading to errors in diagnostic results—an unacceptable outcome in a medical environment. This not only affects patients but also undermines the hospital's reputation and professional competence.
In medical laboratories, many machines operate in continuous cycles that can last for hours. If interrupted by a power failure, the entire process must be restarted from the beginning, leading to significant time wastage and affecting treatment timelines. Furthermore, the investment cost for modern medical equipment is extremely high; any power-related risk can lead to equipment damage, resulting in severe financial losses for the hospital.
Equipping a facility with a generator is essential to maintain hospital operations. However, given the risks outlined above, a single generator is not enough. Medical facilities require at least two backup power sources combined with an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system to ensure the healthcare system operates continuously, safely, and without interruption in all situations.
With over 40 years of experience in the energy sector, Huu Toan has partnered with numerous hospitals to build specialized generator systems and provide reliable backup power:
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