Panama City’s largest healthcare facilities have mostly shut down in the wake of Hurricane Michael’s impact on Wednesday and began evacuating patients Thursday morning. Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center said the hospital’s ER will remain open, but main hospital services have been suspended. Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart (BMSH) began evacuations at 3 a.m. Thursday […]
Hurricane Florence was one of the worst storms ever to hit the North Carolina and South Carolina coastline, causing an estimated $17 billion in damages and displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. Disaster relief workers are helping residents pick up the pieces, but there are still ways those outside of the area can help. We’ve […]
Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News and JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News and Doug Pardue Perhaps no other population is as vulnerable during a hurricane as frail, older adults, especially those who are homebound or living in nursing homes. With Hurricane Florence predicted to slam the North Carolina coast Friday, health officials are already scrambling to […]
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