A widespread technology outage on Friday, seemingly linked to issues at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft, disrupted operations at airports, airlines, banks and even hospitals, including several in Canada.A software update by CrowdStrike appeared to have triggered systems problems across the world, and many hospitals said they were impacted by the outage.Some health networks in Canada turned to social media to update patients on the outage, while Global News reached out via email to hospitals nationwide to assess the impact.
Here is a list of hospitals in Canada that have been impacted so far.The University Health Network (UHN), which includes several hospitals and clinics in Ontario such as Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital, announced on Friday that it was affected by the outage.“The worldwide CrowdStrike outage is impacting some systems at UHN. Clinical activity is continuing as scheduled, but some patients may experience delays. Please contact your care team with questions,” UHN posted on X.