{"id":659685,"date":"2026-05-23T03:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/659685\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:08:13","slug":"jefferson-methodist-hospital-to-reopen-saturday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/659685\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson Methodist Hospital to reopen Saturday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Jefferson Methodist Hospital will reopen on Saturday morning after a power outage closed the <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/south-philly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Philadelphia<\/a> hospital for several days this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The hospital lost power on Tuesday evening. Officials at the time said they were investigating the cause of the outage, but that it appeared to be related to an \u201cexternal water source.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Police <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/methodist-hospital-south-philly-evacuating-patients\/4404771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/methodist-hospital-south-philly-evacuating-patients\/4404771\/\">told television crews on the scene<\/a> that the hospital\u2019s basement had been flooded with three feet of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Patients were evacuated from the 220-bed hospital early Wednesday and treated at other hospitals, Jefferson officials said. A small team of staff remained at Methodist to \u201credirect\u201d anyone who arrived and transfer patients who need care to other facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The Pennsylvania Department of Health authorized the hospital to reopen at 7 a.m. Saturday morning, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cThis swift reopening is a testament to the dedication, coordination, and rapid response of hundreds of Jefferson colleagues and partners who worked around-the-clock to maintain our patients\u2019 uninterrupted care,\u201d Jefferson CEO Joseph G. Cacchione said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Hospital officials said they will also celebrate Methodist\u2019s reopening at its annual health fair on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will feature free health screenings and refreshments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min Jefferson Methodist Hospital will reopen on Saturday morning after a power outage closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,284098],"class_list":["post-659685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-methodist-hospital-reopens-fire-jefferson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}