Piedmont Hospital experienced power outages on Monday morning, leading to rescheduled surgeries and certain doctors having the day off.
Georgia Power restored power at buildings 1, 2 and 5 at Piedmont at about 11 a.m., according to Rebecca Sylvester, spokeswoman at Piedmont.
“Patient care equipment was not affected,” she said. “However, elective surgeries and some outpatient procedures were rescheduled as a precautionary measure.”
A doctor at the hospital confirmed he had been told around 4:30 a.m. on Monday that he had the day off due to the power outage. The operating room schedule showed there were 54 operations scheduled for Monday.
“I’ve never seen this happen before,” the doctor said.
Other Georgia Power customers also experienced power outages on Monday morning.
“Over the last 24 hours, we have been working on underground network issues impacting service in the medical district in Augusta,” Georgia Power said in a statement.
“Working closely with several large customers, we have been able to make repairs and reroute service quickly and minimize service interruption,” the utility company said.
