HCA Florida Largo Hospital reopens emergency services onsite
As a way to continue caring for our communities after Hurricane Milton, HCA Florida Largo Hospital opened a temporary mobile emergency medical unit.
HCA Florida Largo Hospital has announced that it opened a mobile medical unit today on the hospital campus to provide emergency services to the community while hospital repairs are being made. The hospital safely transferred patients and closed following flooding in the basement during Hurricane Milton.
The 2,700 square-foot unit provides emergency services at the hospital’s main campus. The new medical unit is staffed with board certified ER physicians and ready to serve eight to ten patients at a time, with the ability to expand capacity as needed. Ambulance services will be on site around the clock to facilitate immediate transfer to an acute care hospital, should a patient need admission. The mobile unit includes a pharmacy and will function similar to a freestanding emergency room with 24-hour security, hospital lab and imaging services.
“With the opening of this mobile medical unit on our hospital campus, we provide a much-needed access point for patients to receive care as our community recovers from two back-to-back hurricanes,” explained Sebastian Strom, chief executive officer of HCA Florida Largo Hospital. “Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to ready the main hospital for reopening. We have already resumed normal operations at Largo West Hospital and Clearwater Emergency.”
Largo Hospital worked with the Florida Department of Health and ARS Global Emergency Management on the mobile medical unit.
“In response to devasting weather events, it is important for healthcare providers to be fluid and flexible in responding to community needs,” said Largo Hospital’s Emergency Services Medical Director Dr. Lori Lawson. “We are looking forward to partnering with the Florida Department of Health on this innovative approach to ensure our community has access to needed healthcare services.