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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Chicago hospital evacuated over ‘catastrophic’ loss of air conditioning causing ‘oven-like’ conditions

A Chicago hospital was evacuated over a “catastrophic” loss of air conditioning that left the inside of the medical center feeling “like an oven,” according to a report.

Weiss Memorial Hospital, in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, said its aging air conditioning infrastructure had not been properly maintained by its previous owners, causing a “catastrophic loss of the air conditioning system,” ABC 7 reported.

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