Hurricanes Helene and Milton stunted health care access throughout the Southeast. Some hospitals are using telemedicine to reach their most vulnerable patients.
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have raised a number of new concerns this fall: record-breaking storm surges in Florida, unprecedented flooding in North Carolina, hundreds of deaths across six states. But for many Americans in the Southeast, the hurricanes have also exacerbated existing health problems.In North Carolina, 27 counties have been placed under major disaster declarations in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
These types of storms are unprecedented in landlocked Appalachian towns, so many homes were not covered by flood insurance.The same is true for rural and critical access hospitals, many of which were already struggling to survive. Access could diminish alongside health outcomes.'Some of these critical, acute issues are going to become more chronic,' Lyons-Smith said.For some patients, virtual care has served as a lifeline.
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