- Mass General Brigham, a major healthcare system in the US, has cancelled all non-urgent visits, procedures, and surgeries due to a global IT failure.
- The outage caused chaos as hospitals’ Windows systems went down, forcing medical staff to resort to using pen and paper.
- Over 2.5 million patients per year are affected by this decision, with only urgent cases being attended to.
- Hospitals across multiple states, including Tufts Medical Center and South Shore Health in Boston, are experiencing similar issues due to the global tech failure.
- The root cause is believed to be a software glitch in cyber security technology called CrowdStrike, impacting computers worldwide and disrupting various sectors beyond healthcare.
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