Patient dead in power outage at NYC nursing home

NEW YORK

Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says 37 patients on ventilators were taken to hospitals from a nursing home after a power outage struck the Gun Hill section of the Bronx early Sunday.

McGee says one patient who had a do-not-resuscitate order died.

The outage lasted about two hours and affected more than 4,300 residential and commercial customers.

A call to the nursing home wasn't immediately returned.

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