Yahoo

Hospitals urge emergency steps on IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene

Hospitals are urging the White House to help shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed because of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene. Several hospitals have implemented ...
WRAL

Emergency responders asked to preserve IV fluid as flooded NC manufacturer recovers

Local emergency responders are asked to conserve a potentially life-saving product after Hurricane Helene flooded a North Carolina IV manufacturing facility. The Baxter North Cove facility in Marion, ...
KTXS

Hendrick Health reschedules some non-emergency procedures amid national IV fluid shortage

ABILENE, Texas — Hendrick Health is rescheduling some of its non-emergency or elective procedures following a nationwide shortage of IV fluids. In a press release, Hendrick Health said they began ...
CNN

Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids since disruptions from Hurricane Helene

Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an ...