How the global tech outage is affecting Waterloo Region, Guelph and Brant

The local impact of Friday's global technology outage.

Friday’s global technology outage is being blamed on a failed Microsoft update from a key cybersecurity provider.

Crowdstrike has confirmed that it wasn’t a cyberattack and they are working on a fix.

In the meantime, the issue has had a ripple effect all around the world from airlines to banks, media outlets to Fortune 500 companies.

Here’s what we know about the local impact.

Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital: Critical services still operating, may be some delays.

Cambridge Memorial Hospital: Minimal impact. No changes to patient care.

Guelph General Hospital: Minimal impact. Patient care not affected.