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Rising river hurts RMC business
Administrator Lana Stamper said the rising Mississippi River had an adverse effect on the Riverland Medical Center for the month of May.
"Our census numbers did drop," Stamper told Riverland Board of Directors during its from July 4th to election day. We had three-to-five patients where we have been averaging around 11."
Stamper was asked if the hospital could receive any money from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
"We contacted the Department of Health and Hospitals and they told us to keep good records, which we have," Stamper said. "We spent a lot of time painting rooms and cleaning up during that time. Our numbers are back up a bit now. We have nine today (Tuesday)."
Stamper said the hospital was prepared for the rising water.
"The Department of Health and Hospitals was pleased with the preparation we had in place," she said. "We moved about 300 medical records to Natchez. If it would have gone to a Level 3, we had an evacuation plan in place. We would have evacuated in-patients and kept the ER and labs open."
For the month of April, Riverland reported total revenue of $1.420 million and expenses of $1.115 million for a profit of $305,361.
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