Power Outage Hits Englewood Hospital, Emergency Department on Divert

A power outage affected Englewood Hospital and prompted it to place its emergency department on divert status. Available reports did not identify ambulance destinations.

The power outage at Englewood Hospital was reported by CBS News New York. Separately, News 12 New Jersey reported that the power failure prompted Englewood Hospital to place its emergency department on divert status.

Englewood Hospital is a 294-bed voluntary non-profit community teaching hospital, according to background compiled on the facility. A PSE&G crew was reported to be investigating the outage.

Ambulance Divert Status

Englewood Hospital's emergency department was reported to be diverting incoming ambulances. The available reports did not identify which facilities, if any, received diverted patients.

The available reports did not detail how the divert order affected neighboring municipalities' emergency response.

How Hospital Backup Power Is Supposed to Work

The available sources do not establish specific timing or fuel requirements for hospital generator systems during a power disruption.

The available sources do not establish specific New Jersey legal requirements for emergency-generator power at healthcare facilities.

A Hospital With a Strong Safety Track Record

The outage comes as Englewood Hospital has received recognition for patient safety. Englewood Health News displays a headline about a 2026 Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award. The supplied material does not mention a 2026 Newsweek ranking for the hospital. Englewood Health's broader system has also drawn attention for its bloodless medicine institute, which Hoodline noted was cited as a tri-state bloodless surgery model in coverage of a Bronx hospital's new program earlier this month.

As of the latest reporting, several questions remain unresolved. The exact root cause of the power failure has not been confirmed, nor has the duration of the divert status, whether any elective surgeries or procedures were postponed, or confirmation that all life-support equipment transitioned to generator power without incident. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.