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South Florida's

Monthly
Healthcare Newspaper
PO Box 812708
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708
Phone: (561) 368-6950

Website:
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com

CHARLES FELIX
CAROL FELIX
Publishers
NANCY LAMMIE
Editor
JUDY GRAMM
Editorial Manager & Webmaster
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Palm Beach County’s Special Needs Shelter at the South Florida Fairgrounds on September 9, 2017.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Lisa Bianco
Darcy J. Davis, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Casciato
Barbara Fallon
of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, Vanessa Orr
Lois Thomson
Salutes Staff and County’s Health Care Professionals

for Emergency Response to Hurricane Irma LOOK FOR OUR
NEXT ISSUE

In response to Hurricane Irma, we residents without any loss of power. IN NOVEMBER
salute the many health care profession- This was true even in evacuated areas
als throughout our county who like Belle Glade where Lakeside TO REACH US
stepped up and left their families dur- Medical Center, our acute-care teach-
ing a time of fear and uncertainty to ing hospital, was secure during the FOR
provide vital medical services. I’m storm and medical staff delivered ADVERTISING
proud that our Health Care District of babies, performed surgeries, and pro- OR EDITORIAL
Palm Beach County employees played vided compassionate, quality care to
a supportive role in the county’s coor- patients. Call (561) 368-6950
dinated emergency response, provid- We mobilized to quickly open two of or e-mail
ing high-quality care to the most vul- our ten primary care clinic sites on carol@southfloridahospitalnews.com
nerable in our community before, dur- Tuesday, September 12th to provide
ing and after the storm. adult and pediatric patients access to
At Palm Beach County’s busy Special medical, dental and pharmacy services.
Needs Shelter, eight of our physicians, In our quest to rapidly resume normal SUBSCRIPTIONS
including our Chief Medical Officer, operations, we continued opening the
provided valuable medical care to remaining C. L. Brumback Primary One Year $40
more than 500 patients around the Care Clinics’ locations throughout the Two Years $60
clock during the entire shelter activa- week as electricity was restored. To
tion period. In addition, our pharma- help ensure patients could access their Three Years $75
cists and pharmacy staff also provided prescriptions, we activated our retail
24/7 services in the shelter where they Darcy J. Davis pharmacy network. In addition, our two To subscribe,
stocked supplies and dispensed med- Trauma Hawk aeromedical helicopters
ication. In all, our team of physicians resumed operations the Tuesday after call (561) 368-6950
and pharmacists worked closely with the Florida the storm passed to safely and rapidly transport traumatical- or subscribe online at
Department of Health’s medical staff and Palm Beach ly-injured patients to the county’s two designated Level 1 southfloridahospitalnews.com.
County Fire Rescue to triage and care for these patients, Trauma Centers. And our School Nurses are back in their ____________
most them elderly, electricity-dependent, and too chronical- health rooms keeping Palm Beach County public school stu-
ly ill to stay home during the storm. Staffing such a diverse dents healthy and ready to learn.
team of medical professionals at the Special Needs Shelter, It’s been said before that the worst of Mother Nature All rights reserved. Reproduction
in whole or part without written
as well as at a second shelter that was quickly mobilized due brings out the best in human nature. We look forward to permission prohibited. Copyright © 2017.
to high demand, provided this fragile population with nec- continued collaboration with the county to identify how to
essary care, reduced the number of admissions to busy hos- optimize our emergency response support and best utilize
pitals during the storm, and reassured patients that they our resources in the future. For the many Health Care
were safe. District employees, and all of the other public servants who Don’t forget to include
Our staff also ensured that our 120-bed skilled nursing sacrificed precious time with their own families to mobilize
facility, the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing in response to Hurricane Irma, thank you for your dedica- South Florida Hospital News
Center in Riviera Beach, was well-prepared to provide safe, tion to our patients, residents, and the health of our com- & Healthcare Report
round-the-clock quality care, meals, and activities for our munity.
in your Marketing Plans
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