This was just two days before the major cyber attack. "We should be prepared: more hospitals will almost certainly be shut down by ransomware this year," Chinthapalli wrote. Ciaran Martin, who leads the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, said his team was doing everything in their power to get "vital services" back up and running. NHS England said patients needing emergency treatment should go to Accidents & Emergency (A&E) or access emergency services as they normally would. London's Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest trust in the UK, cancelled all outpatient appointments at its five hospitals today.

Source: India Today May 13, 2017 16:29 UTC