Due to a power outage, all elective surgeries have been canceled today at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and at the health system’s Bone and Joint Center.

Further, emergency, trauma and certain heart attack patients are being directed to other hospitals.

In a statement, OhioHealth representatives said that the power outage was caused by a water main break that occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of 6th and Town Streets near the Downtown hospital.

The cause of the break is unknown, and AEP and City of Columbus personnel are on site, the statement said.

There are currently 370 patients at Grant, and representatives said they can be cared for and should not need to be transferred.

The hospital also has resources for emergency surgeries, such as Caesarean-section deliveries.

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