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Tarpon Springs hospital evacuated as Hurricane Idalia inches closer

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 11:30 a.m. August 29, 2023
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AdventHealth is shutting down its Tarpon Springs hospital in preparation for Hurricane Idalia and moving 60 patients to its other local hospitals.

In a statement Tuesday morning, the hospital group says it has canceled and will reschedule all elective procedures that were planned this week at AdventHealth North Pinellas.

The hospital’s emergency room will stay open until 3 p.m. Tuesday. AdventHealth ER in Palm Harbor will stay open indefinitely.

 

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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.

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