Things are not always properly maintained, human error happens, back-up equipment fails, etc. In hospitals I am sure it's very rare but I'll bet it happens.

Things are not always properly maintained, human error happens, back-up equipment fails, etc. In hospitals I am sure it's very rare but I'll bet it happens. But not all people on life support are in hospitals... http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Nursing-home-death-during-outage-prompts-5538012.php http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Nursing-home-death-d...