The main entrance of Greenlane Clinical Centre. Photo: RNZ/Maia Ingoe
Approximately 50 surgical procedures and 85 outpatient clinical appointments at Auckland's Greenlane Clinical Centre had to be deferred as a result of a power outage at the clinic on Wednesday.
The outage was caused by a minor water leak in Building Four that damaged the circuit boards. The leak has since been fixed.
The incident comes just over a month after a leak at Auckland City Hospital that prompted a shutdown of the entire water system in its main building, for at least 10 hours.
Health New Zealand's (HNZ) acting group director of operations, Margaret Dotchin, said in a statement that patient care was affected.
"The power outage means that we have had to defer some planned care and outpatient appointments, these include approximately 50 surgical procedures and around 85 outpatient clinical appointments," she said.
Dotchin said people who have not heard from HNZ about their appointment should still attend as planned.
Three floors in the Greenlane Clinical Centre were impacted by the power outage as of Thursday afternoon, including the Greenlane surgical unit, staff changing rooms and non-clinical office space.
By Thursday evening, Dotchin said the building remains "partially impacted".
She said all areas across the building continue to have access to "essential power", and the inpatient area has full power.
HNZ did not provide an answer when RNZ asked what "essential power" referred to, and what operations at the clinic had no access to power.
"We are working tirelessly to restore Greenlane Clinical Centre back to full operational capacity," said Dotchin in a statement sent about 9.20pm on Thursday.
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