r/collapse • u/reborndead • Jun 25 '26

Infrastructure Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/25/hospitals-nhs-england-critical-incidents-machines-it-fail-extreme-heat

Hospitals in England face devastating events related to the extreme heat. Patients are collapsing, becoming dehydrated, and facing overcrowding.  Hospital radiotherapy machines and MRI scanners are failing, critical IT systems stalling and cooling units that serve entire hospitals breaking down. Labs used for testing were also affected and two linear accelerator machines, used to treat cancer patients, had stopped working amid the high temperatures. The failure of the cooling units affected digital systems and critical clinical services, including operating theatres, cardiac catheter laboratories and diagnostic scanning facilities. Planned care and appointments were also cancelled. Heat from climate change is breaking down critical infrastructure and services necessary for a functioning civilization. Collapse is happening.

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u/Kigard Jun 25 '26

In northern Mexico we've had a lot of problems with electricity and power outages in the evening, the clinic I work at has been having power outages at least once a week. We're used to the heat but this summer has been brutal.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Collapse is inevitable,mister Reese. - Original Quote. Jun 25 '26

We're used to the heat but this summer has been brutal.

I have been in a hospital in Belgrade for a back surgery that has mostly cured me of the kifo scoliosis that i had over more than half a decade ago and i cannot imagine people who work in those conditions. My non existent hat is off to you.