Parkview LaGrange Hospital closed amid air conditioning outage
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Parkview LaGrange Hospital is closed due to an air conditioning outage.
Hospital officials shared news of the temporary closure in a press release posted to the Parkview Health website on Friday. The system said it expects the outage to last up to 48 hours.
Officials are directing residents in need of emergency services to call 911 or travel to the next nearest emergency room. A map of nearby Parkview Health facilities can be found by clicking here.
Parkview Health officials say anyone seeking emergency care at Parkview LaGrange Hospital will be directed to a temporary emergency department in the hospital’s medical office which was not affected by the outage.
Patients have been transferred to other facilities, hospital officials said, and planned surgeries and procedures have been rescheduled.
Parkview Physicians Group clinics located in the hospital’s medical office are still open.
Officials say there are closely monitoring the situation and will provide an update when services resume.