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July 10, 2007

Computer fire at Memorial Hospital shuts MRI suite

PAWTUCKET -- Staff in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging suite at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island saw smoke come from a control room computer this morning, prompting them to carry out emergency procedures, call Pawtucket firefighters and reschedule today's MRI appointments.

Power to the computer was turned off and the company responsible for the computer has been contacted to analyze what happened, according to a news release from the hospital.

Staff members in the control room saw the smoke at about 10 a.m. and followed emergency procedures, according to the hospital. Hospital spokeswoman Louise C. Paiva said staff, escorting a patient, evacuated the two-room facility -- the control room and a room for patients.

No one was injured. What caused the smoke was not yet clear. It did not affect other areas of the hospital.

Paiva said the on-hospital-campus MRI facility is in the outer edge of the campus. The hospital also has an off-campus MRI facility on Prospect Street.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:12 PM | Permalink

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