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Governor's Press Office [Governor'sPressOffice@eog.myflorida.com] 9/15/2017 9:15:53 PM Regarding Claims by the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills
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Please see the below statement and information regarding recent claims by the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills:
"Every call made to the Governor from facility management was referred to the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Health and quickly returned." - John Tupps, Communications Director, Governor Rick Scott
Background from the Governor's Office:
At no time did the facility report that conditions had become dangerous or that the health and safety of their patients was at risk. In fact, on Monday, September 11, Department of Health staff advised this facility to call 911 if they had any reason to believe that their patients were not safe.
In addition to the contact between Department of Health officials and the facility outlined in the Governor's release from Wednesday, the Rehabilitation Center of Hollywood Hills reported into the state's facility status monitoring database 17 times since Thursday, September 7th. Throughout the course of these reports, the facility never requested any assistance or reported the need for evacuations.
Until 1:30 PM on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 12th, the facility reported that they had full power, that heating, cooling systems and generator systems were operational and they had adequate fuel.
In their next report, at 5 PM on Tuesday, September 12th, the facility reported that they had partial power, but that their heating and cooling systems and generator were operational. They did not request anything beyond help with FPL.
At 7:30 AM on Wednesday, September 13, the facility reported that they had partial power, the generator was operational and they had adequate fuel supply. At that time, they reported their heating and cooling systems were not operational.
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