Phone outage resolved at two OSF Healthcare locations

Posted on March 22, 2024

By WMBD-TV

BLOOMINGTON – OSF Healthcare reported that it has been having issues with its phone lines for the past several days, but reported late Thursday night that the issue was repaired.

According to OSF Healthcare Public Relations and Communications Coordinator Patti Penn, issues with incoming calls were affecting OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington and OSF Saint James in Pontiac.

Calls made from individuals using AT&T, Verizon, Xfinity, and T-Mobile cellular services had not been going through to the hospital.

Attempts to repair the issue were being made Thursday and the it was reportedly resolved late Thursday night.

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