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Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports:
More than 50 people were sent to the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital on Friday and are awaiting rescue as flooding cut the hospital off from land, according to Ballad Health. Ballad previously announced at 10:45 a.m. that the hospital had closed and suspended operations due to the threat of flooding.
Ballad stated in a news release that it had been contacted by the Unicoi County Emergency Management Agency at 9:38 a.m. The EMA told Ballad leadership the hospital needed to be evacuated at that time due to the “unusually high and rising water from the Nolichucky River.”
There were 11 patients at the hospital that Ballad planned to transfer. However, the hospital system stated that the ambulances sent to evacuate the patients could not safely arrive due to the quick flooding.
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HOSPITAL RESCUE: 50+ people were sent to the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital in East TN and are awaiting rescue as flooding cut the hospital off from land. https://t.co/4xgFCV76Qn @WKRN #Helene pic.twitter.com/ZXG0Kjp492
— Nickelle Smith (@NickelleReports) September 27, 2024
TENNESSEE 🚨 Over 50 hospital staff along with patients are stranded on the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin after emergency crews attempted to evacuate people by ambulance, boats following a flash flood. National Guard has been called in.
— Toria Brooke (@realtoriabrooke) September 27, 2024
This is Unicoi county hospital, so how about a state of emergency instead https://t.co/QJBOvXaRzz pic.twitter.com/phZn99xNbQ
— Brad Batt for TN State House (TN6) ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 (@bradbatt) September 27, 2024