Due to the current area wide phone outage, Samaritan Medical Center is experiencing sporadic issues with landline and cellular phone service into and out of the facility.

Anyone who wishes to check on a family member or loved one who is currently a patient should drive to the hospital to do so.

Any staff members or physicians who are on-call are asked to attempt to reach their departments or report to the hospital for further instructions. Internal hospital extensions and email are working normally at the present time.

Please check our web-site (samaritanhealth.com) for updates.

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