Major incident declared at city hospital with patients urged to stay away from raat forced Watch Video

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✓ Published: 03-May-2024

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Patients have spoken of the dramatic moment they were forced to evacuate a major city hospital 'in the dark' after a critical incident was declared.<br/><br/>People being treated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary said they heard what some thought was an 'explosion' as they were plunged into darkness and told to leave the site immediately.<br/><br/>Multiple emergency services remain at the scene in Bristol city centre after what hospital bosses have since described as a 'power outage'.<br/><br/>But those forced to flee said there was significant confusion about what was happening - with some claiming it was a ceiling collapse and others saying sparks were flying causing a fire.<br/><br/>Lisa Davidson, 50, a housewife from Bristol, was having a blood infusion inside for Crohn's disease.<br/><br/>She said: \