WTHR |Power surge forces hospitals to divert new patients
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Indianapolis - Methodist and Indiana University Hospitals are back open and accepting new patients.
Monday around 3:45pm a massive power surge hit the hospitals crashing their computer system. IPL responded quickly to assist with bringing the system back online.
In the meantime, the hospitals began doing things on paper, like patient charting, that had been done by computer.
There was no disruption in patient care, however, around 1am Tuesday both hospitals decided to stop taking new patients.
As of 3:15am most of the primary care system was back up and running and Methodist starting taking some new patients. I.U. Hospital continued to divert patients for some time.
As of 7:00am all patient primary care systems were up and running and both hospitals were completely open to new patients. Officials say there will be no impact on elective surgery Tuesday.
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