Hillcrest Medical Center restores central heating amid freezing temperatures

Central heating at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa is restored on Tuesday after a hardware failure caused it to stop working during the freezing temperatures.

A representative with Hillcrest sent the following statement regarding the heating:

"Hillcrest Medical Center has restored central heating throughout the hospital. We appreciate the hard work of our facilities and engineering teams to resolve the outage and the patience of our team members and patients during the outage."

In the meantime, Hillcrest said it brought in portable heaters to help keep patients and staff warm.

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A representative with Hillcrest said that crews are working to fix the problem and that they are continuing to care for patients. Hillcrest has brought in portable heaters to help keep patients and staff warm.

"Hillcrest Medical Center is temporarily without central heating due to a hardware failure earlier today. Our team is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and is closely monitoring temperatures throughout the hospital. Patient care continues to be safely delivered and we have deployed portable heaters across the facility to keep patients, visitors, and team members comfortable." said Rebecca Walters with Hillcrest.

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