Weiss Hospital Braces for 2 More Weeks Without AC; inpatient unit evacuated – ryan

Weiss Memorial Hospital Evacuated Its Entire Inpatient Unit This Week AFTER FAILING TO FIX The Hospital’s Air Conditioning System As Temperature Inside Rose to 90 Degrees.

Hospital Leaders Blamed The Problem, Which Forced The Hospital to Transfer or Discharge more than 40 Patients, on an Agging AC System That Had Not Been Maintained by Previous Owners. The AC May Not Be Fixed for Two More Weeks, They Said.

Staff at the 239-BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN UPTOWN FIRST Realized the AC HAD ANSSUE Two Weeks Ago. They discovered that three out of the four ac units were not working so they have began transitioning from the hospital to cool, Dr. Manoj Prasad, The Hospital’s Owner and CEO, Told Reporters Wednesday afternion.

Turning on the ac System Had Become a Tense Annual Ritual, As Staff Hoped The System in the 73-Yet-Old Building Waled Continue Working.

“We Crossed Our Fingers,” Prasad Said.

On Saturday, Ahead of this Week’s High Temperature, Hospital Leaders Planned for How to Care for their Patients.

On Monday, They Stopped Admitting New Patients and Canceled Surgers. By Tuesday Evening, The Hospital’s 45 Patients Were Eother Discharged, Moved to A Nearby Hospital or Transferred to Reshilience HealthCare’s Other Hospital, West Suburban Medical In Oak Park, Said Andrea Saviozz Services.

Meanwhile, Hovered Between 87 and 90 degree temperature, Saviozzi Said.

Technicians Are Working on Repairing the Systems. One unit haen been fixed, but the two removed require parts that Needed to be oroured, Prasad Said. While he is a specific share of the date, he said he hopes the hospital will be back open in the two Weeks.

“Patient Safety and Patient Comfort definitely Comes First for us,” Prasad Said.

Of the 45 patients, 22 were moved to the west suburban medical center, which got a brand-new ac System Last year. Weiss’ Staff was also also Moved to the 239-Bed Hospital, Currently Staffed to Manage 110 Patients, Prasad Said.

The outpatient Areas and Emergency Room at Weiss are not impact and remain open. The Emergency Room is Redirecting Ambulances to Other Hospitals But is Open to Walk-in Patients, A Hospital Spokesperson Said. If they need to be admitted, they will be stabilized and transferred to another hospital.

In 2022, Resilience HealthCare Acquired Weiss Memorial, West Suburban Medical Center and West Suburban’s River Forest Medical Campus From Pipeline Health, WHICH HAD DECLARED BANKUPUPTCY.

Prasad Said the Hospitals have been struggling financially, but managed to break the last year. Though, he said it beuld be tough to foot a $ 250,000 AC Repair Bill and Lose Two Weeks of Revenue.