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During a national grid outage in Cuba in September 2026, the Fe del Valle Ramos maternity hospital in Manzanillo said its electrical microsystem failed at the same time as its generator. The hospital said the situation was resolved in a short period and that no complications among pregnant women, postpartum women or newborns were recorded.
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LimitationThe hospital-specific facts come only from the hospital's own statement, as posted by Golfovisión (TV Manzanillo) on Telegram and reported by CiberCuba. The CBS News report covers the national grid collapse and does not mention this hospital.
TierThe hospital states that during the grid outage its electrical microsystem and its generator failed at the same time, leaving no working backup until the fault was resolved. How tiers are assigned.
Cuba's power grid collapsed on Friday 18 September 2026, which CBS News described as at least the sixth collapse since January; Cuban authorities said a failure reportedly occurred in transmission lines in the western part of the country, and CBS reported that some systems serving hospitals and other emergency facilities were being reactivated. In a statement relayed by Golfovisión (TV Manzanillo) on 20 September and reported by CiberCuba, the Fe del Valle Ramos hospital said that after the interruption of the national electricity system it was initially protected by an electrical microsystem set up to keep essential services running. At 10:30 a.m. that Sunday the microsystem failed, 'coinciding with a breakdown in the hospital's generator.' The hospital said the situation was resolved in a short period, restoring the conditions for normal operation, that staff kept patients under constant monitoring, and that no medical complications among pregnant women, postpartum women or newborns were recorded, with protocols maintained in the delivery and neonatology services. The sources do not state how long the hospital was without power. CiberCuba reports that an anonymous Facebook post claimed caesarean sections were interrupted and premature babies were moved to the ultrasound area for lack of electricity; the hospital labelled that post 'FALSE'.[1,2,3]
None documented; the hospital stated that no complications were recorded and labelled reports of interrupted caesarean sections false.
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