Monroe Hospital number links to phone sex line

One of Monroe Hospital’s new phonebook listings might direct a caller to a different kind of help on the other end of the line.

The hospital’s listed number, 866-825-2273, is mistakenly linked to a number most people wouldn’t expect: a phone sex hotline.

Matt French, Monroe Hospital’s vice president of business development and marketing, said he has no idea how that number ended up in the phonebook, but he has already heard 10 to 15 responses from local residents concerning the mistake.

“The responses really run the gamut,” French said.

French said he doesn’t know how or if the problem will be fixed until he talks to the phone book publisher, whose response he has yet to receive.