HCA Florida Healthcare Statement on Hurricane Milton 10-10-24 3:30 p.m.
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FRIDAY OCT 11, 2024 |
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, HCA Florida Healthcare closed five hospitals in the mandatory evacuation zones. Our other 43 hospitals maintained city electricity or generator power and continued caring for patients through the storm.HCA Florida Largo Hospital, which remained open during the storm, sustained flooding in its basement from a nearby lake. This affected power to some parts of the hospital. The hospital has begun transferring approximately 235 patients. The hospital has completed the transfer of its most critical patients. We continue to assess the needs of our hospitals and we have additional generators, fuel and water to support our hospitals in areas where city water and electricity has been affected. Ahead of the storm, we prepositioned construction materials and have remediation teams onsite at our facilities. Additionally, HCA Healthcare colleagues from around the country are prepared to travel to Florida, if needed, to provide support and relief to our hospitals. Our hospitals are preparing to receive patients from non-HCA Florida Healthcare hospitals as needed, as well as patients we may receive from long term care and assisted living facilities. In addition, our ERs are expecting to receive an influx of patients with typical post-storm and recovery illnesses and injuries, such as cuts, broken bones and cardiac events. Prior to the storm, to help ensure safety and uninterrupted quality care for our patients, we transferred, via air and ground, approximately 400 patients to our sister facilities throughout the state from our hospitals located in mandatory evacuation zones. We have reopened HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte and are working diligently to reopen the following hospitals, which closed prior to the storm: HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital in St. Petersburg, HCA Florida Largo West Hospital in Largo, HCA Florida Englewood Hospital in Englewood, HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital in Tampa. An updated list of the status of each site of care in the HCA Florida Healthcare network is available on our website at hcafloridahealthcare.com. Additionally, we are connecting colleagues to the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund, an employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)(3) charity that provides financial aid and resources to employees after an extended illness, injury, or disaster.
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