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Welch Community Hospital Survives Floods and Stands Strong
Welch Community Hospital kept serving the region despite flood waters surrounding the facility. CEO Walter Garrett praised staff dedication, noting a nurse worked 36 straight hours while the building, built in 1984 after the 1977 flood, with large basement vents, suffered minimal damage apart from 22 destroyed vehicles. Communications were hardest, with phones down until cell service emerged, and Ambulance service space was repurposed inside the hospital. The hospital coordinated with emergency services to pool resources and avoid driving patients until roads improved.
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