Hurricane Michael forced five hospitals in Florida to close, and two more facilities in coastal Panama City evacuated patents, according to an article on the Wall Street Journal website. The storm damaged their roofs, buckled walls and shattered windows.
Two more hospitals in the state planned to evacuate following the hurricane,bringing to nine the number of Florida hospitals shut down by the storm.
In addition to the hospitals, five nursing homes and 15 assisted-living facilities said they had closed, according to Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Another six nursing homes also planned to evacuate.
The Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency said the storm left 20 hospitals and 15 nursing homes in the state on generator power.
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