Someone 'intentionally disrupted' main oxygen supply at University of Colorado Hospital
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DENVER — Someone tampered with the oxygen supply at UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora earlier this month, but the facility was able to quickly switch to a backup supply before any patients got hurt.
The Sept. 3 incident, first reported by Colorado Public Radio, involved someone who got into an oxygen storage area outside the hospital and “intentionally disrupted” it, UCHealth spokesman Dan Weaver said Monday.
The hospital has alarms for drops in oxygen pressure and was able to make the switch to a different large tank before levels reached the danger zone, he said. Individual tanks are also available throughout the hospital.
CU police have identified a subject, but haven’t arrested anyone yet. Neither police nor medical officials have released any information about why someone might have wanted to sabotage the oxygen flow to an 831-bed hospital.
Hospital officials have not said how many patients were using supplemental oxygen that day.
The suspect isn’t a hospital employee and didn’t receive help to access the oxygen supply, Weaver said.
UCHealth has increased security around oxygen storage since the Sept. 3 incident.
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