Reduced Capacity At Grady Memorial Hospital Ripples Through Region’s Medical System

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January 9th, 2020

In early December, a water pipe break wreaked havoc at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital, flooding multiple floors and damaging hundreds of beds. For a time, Grady was forced to divert all its ambulance traffic to other facilities. The emergency room still has not returned to normal operations.

Lisa Hagen / WABE

For over a month, one of the region’s largest emergency rooms has been operating at a reduced capacity.

A water pipe break wreaked havoc at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in early December, flooding multiple floors and damaging hundreds of beds. For a time, Grady was forced to divert all its ambulance traffic to other facilities. 

Even now, the emergency room, which normally handles more than 400 visits a day, has not returned to normal operations. It’s only accepting trauma, stroke and burn patients.

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