"Le'Troy Andrews, 74, had to crawl from his bedroom to his front door during the PG&E power outage on Saturday night to let paramedics into his Inner Richmond apartment - he thought he was having a stroke. Andrews, a former Air Force medic who lives alone with his dog, Cooper, underwent brain surgery last August and also has congestive heart failure. His apartment had lost power earlier that afternoon."
"When he went to bed that night, he didn't use his CPAP machine - a device commonly used to treat sleep apnea - since there was no electricity. Around 10:30 p.m, he called 911 with stroke-like symptoms. After he struggled to let medics in and they stabilised him, Andrews asked to be taken to the hospital. He was transported to UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital, where doctors said the neurological episode was likely brought on by stress but were unable to provide a clear diagnosis."
"The PG&E outage left about one-third of San Francisco residents without power and was, in part, attributed to a fire in one of the company's substations at Eighth and Mission streets. While power returned for most on Saturday, the company's outage map showed large areas of the Richmond in red, without power, well into Sunday evening. As of Monday evening, power had almost completely returned."
Le'Troy Andrews, 74, crawled from his bedroom to his front door during a PG&E power outage to let paramedics into his Inner Richmond apartment after experiencing stroke-like symptoms. He is a former Air Force medic who had brain surgery last August and has congestive heart failure, and he did not use his CPAP because of the outage. Medics stabilized him and transported him to UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital, where doctors linked the episode to stress but could not provide a clear diagnosis. Many seniors in the Richmond District were left without electricity or cell service for up to 48 hours, isolated and vulnerable. The outage affected about one-third of San Francisco residents and was partly attributed to a substation fire at Eighth and Mission; power was largely restored by Monday evening.
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