Mariners Hospital in the Upper Keys has reopened after suffering hurricane damage, according to an article on the Miami Herald website.
The small community healthcare facility in Tavernier evacuated its patients ahead of Irma and the hospital’s first floor was flooded. Workers dried out the hospital’s first floor and the 25-bed hospital’s emergency room before the rest of the facility opened to patients.
One group affected by the storm that hasn’t received much attention are hospital workers, the article said. At Mariners, most of the staff lives in the Keys.
“They have been very significantly impacted,” said Wayne Brackin, chief operating officer for Baptist Health South Florida, which owns the facility. “The extent of that is not going to be known for a while. They were evacuated and they’re steadily coming back and they’re finding all kinds of circumstances. Some of their houses have been completely destroyed and some of them are intact.”
Contaminants Under Foot: A Closer Look at Patient Room Floors
Power Outages Largely Driven by Extreme Weather Events
Nemours Children's Health Opens New Moseley Foundation Institute Hospital
Code Compliance Isn't Enough for Healthcare Resilience
Ribbon Cutting Marks First Phase Completion for New Montefiore Einstein Facility