Surgeries Cancelled at One of Quebec’s Largest Hospitals After Violent Storm

Surgeries Cancelled at One of Quebec’s Largest Hospitals After Violent Storm
A Hydro-Québec truck is seen in Montreal, on Sept.1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
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A series of violent storms that swept through Quebec on Tuesday knocked out power to more than 144,000 clients, including one of the largest hospitals in the province, and badly injured a teenager in Montreal.

Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital—its rapidly aging infrastructure in serious need of major renovations—was hit with a power outage, the consequences of which spilled into Wednesday.