Abbeville General evacuating five patients after issues arise with generator

Abbeville General is in the process of evacuating five inpatients due to power disruptions from the City of Abbeville and in-house emergency generator failure.
The hospital has been operating on generator power to help take pressure off the city’s electrical system, which is having issues after Hurricane Laura.
The hospital’s generator became non-functional Wednesday morning with a manifold leak, and there is no additional back-up.
According to a spokesperson for Abbeville General, the back-up generators have been secured and are en route to the hospital.
The Emergency Department is up and running now, but it may lose power as the day progresses dependent on city power outage.