NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 178
hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care in 20 states and the
United Kingdom, today announced a donation of $500,000 to the American
Red Cross to help people affected by Hurricane Florence.
In South Carolina, HCA Healthcare has five hospital campuses, including
Grand Strand Medical Center, the only Level 1 trauma center in the
eastern part of the state, and 38 other sites of care.
“As a healthcare provider, caring for people in their time of need is
deeply embedded in HCA Healthcare’s culture,” said Milton Johnson,
chairman and chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare. “We have a long
history of serving communities throughout South Carolina, and we are
pleased to support Hurricane Florence relief efforts by the Red Cross.”
Over the last several years, HCA Healthcare has provided financial
support for relief efforts after several natural disasters, including
Hurricane Harvey last year.
“Support from partners such as HCA Healthcare, enabled the Red Cross to
quickly mobilize volunteers, equipment and supplies to provide help and
hope to people across the East Coast impacted by Hurricane Florence,”
said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. “We
deeply appreciate HCA Healthcare’s generous donation as we work together
to support people in need with shelter, food, comfort and other
emergency support.”
South Carolina is also home to approximately 5,500 HCA Healthcare
colleagues. As part of HCA Healthcare’s ongoing disaster assistance, The
HCA Hope Fund—an employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)(3) charity that
provides financial aid and resources to employees after extended
illness, injury, disaster or other special situations—is providing
grants to HCA colleagues affected by the recent storm. Since its
inception, The HCA Hope Fund has provided more than 30,000 grants
totaling $45 million in assistance to HCA Healthcare colleagues.
For more information about The HCA Hope Fund, visit https://www.hcahopefund.com/.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one
of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising 178
hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care, including surgery
centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics,
in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA
Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the United States,
using combined resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver
patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine. HCA
Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies, including one
that demonstrated that full-term delivery is healthier than early
elective delivery of babies and another that identified a clinical
protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in ICU patients by 44
percent. HCA Healthcare is a learning healthcare system that uses its
more than 28 million annual patient encounters to advance science,
improve patient care and save lives. Please click
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