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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

IT systems at two of London’s biggest hospitals ‘shuts down’ due to heatwave’

An ambulance outside the Accident and Emergency Department of St Thomas’s Hospital (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

Computer systems at two of London’s biggest hospitals cut out due to the extreme temperatures caused by the recent heatwave, bosses have said.

IT services were wiped out at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals as temperatures surged beyond 40C during a record-breaking heatwave on Tuesday, July 19.

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