A Twin Cities hospital temporarily stopped patient admissions and ambulance transfers after its cooling system unexpectedly shut down on a sweltering Monday in Minnesota.
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park informed staff at around 2 p.m. that it was not accepting patient admissions or ambulance emergency center transfers due to the fault with the cooling system on a day that the heat index was expected to surpass 100F in the metro.
The shutdown occurred on Monday morning, with the memo to staff saying the problem was quickly identified and repaired…