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| HCA Updates Hospital Status in Preparation for Hurricane Rita |
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HCA (NYSE: HCA) today reported that Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas (373 beds) is currently undergoing a total evacuation. Yesterday the company announced that Bayshore Medical Center was evacuating its critically ill patients. However, since then, the city has issued a mandatory evacuation order and the hospital is now fully evacuating and will leave only a skeleton crew of plant operations and security staff. The company expects to complete the evacuation of Bayshore Medical Center by late today. In addition the company expects evacuations announced yesterday -- at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City (226 beds), East Houston Regional medical Center in Houston (131 beds) and Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster (482 beds) -- to be completed later today. Patients and staff from the evacuated hospitals are being moved to other HCA hospitals in the Houston area and in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. All references to "HCA" and the "company" contained in this press release refer to HCA and its affiliates. The term "facilities" refers to entities owned or operated by subsidiaries or affiliates of HCA. This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current management expectations. Those forward-looking statements include all statements other than those made solely with respect to historical fact. Numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine the company's future results are beyond the ability of the company to control or predict. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements contained herein, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management's views only as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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