NCH Healthcare System to Receive Patients from Regional Hospitals Impacted by Hurricane Ian

NCH Healthcare System receives 400 sufferers on account of Hurricane Ian.

NAPLES, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, September 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — NCH Healthcare System, itself coping with impacts associated to hurricane Ian, is taking on to 400 switch sufferers coming from neighboring hospitals to our north who had been more durable hit by this catastrophic storm.

Lee Health in Ft. Myers, Florida, 25 miles north of Naples, is evacuating up to 400 sufferers due to water stress losses at two of its campuses. More sufferers shall be transferred within the coming days. The state Agency for Health Care Administration stated evacuations had been crucial at Lee Health as a result of hospitals are required to have good water stress for affected person care in addition to for the amenities cooling system.

The NCH Healthcare System shall be getting the overwhelming majority of these sufferers and has the capability to give you the chance to deal with the emergency inflow. We have already got every little thing in place logistically and have activated our emergency response plans. Yesterday, 22 sufferers arrived from Lee Health with many extra transfers anticipated to arrive at our two hospital campuses at this time and into the weekend.

“The NCH Healthcare System has never shut its doors once, even in the face of numerous hurricanes over the years since we opened in 1956,” stated Paul Hiltz, President & CEO, NCH Healthcare System. “And even though NCH has had its own losses, those doors remain open today as we continue to offer assistance for our community in their time of need.”

A flood of employees have stepped ahead at NCH to assist our neighbors and help in caring for the inflow of sufferers, whereas NCH continues to search extra lodging alternatives to give you the chance to home them throughout this emergency.

Amanda Lucey
Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System
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