(Power outage in Brawley)…It occurred Monday morning.

The outage affected Pioneers Memorial Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood. The Hospital was forced to use back-up generators, and the hard work of employees, the City of Brawley safety officials and employees from the Imperial Irrigation District. The outage not only affected the Hospital but also the clinics across the street from the Hospital. It lasted two hours before the power was restored. The clinics were seeing patients again by 1:00 Monday afternoon. PMH officials have expressed their gratitude for all those involved in keeping the facility operational and the patients safe during the outage. Officials have not said what caused the power outage.