OSF St. Joseph operating on emergency generators after feeder line failure

Posted on May 30, 2018

By Greg Halbleib

BLOOMINGTON – OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center will be on emergency generator power until sometime Thursday as repairs are made to feeder lines.

OSF HealthCare reports the Bloomington hospital lost power at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when two of three lines feeding electricity to the campus failed.

Emergency generators are allowing most service and care units as well as the emergency room to operate normally with air conditioning. Elective procedures are on hold and the hospital is contacting those patients.

Power is out at Eastland Medical Plazas I and II as well as the OSF HealthCare Medical Group Family Medicine and Pediatrics offices on Saint Joseph Drive.

OSF says it’s working with two power companies and expects electricity to be restored Thursday.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

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