Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer says in the first nine hours after the earthquake, they saw 99 disaster related injuries. Two were were life threatening and 51 were minor.
The three major hospitals in Anchorage are reporting that they’ve seen no serious injuries related to yesterday’s earthquake.
Providence and Alaska Regional have canceled elective surgeries through the weekend, and Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) has rescheduled the surgeries that were cancelled yesterday due to the quake. All three say that their emergency departments are open.
Among the minor injuries that hospitals have reported seeing are broken bones, bruises and lacerations.
The main damage to hospital buildings being reported so far are things like water leaks and cosmetic damage. Both ANMC and Providence have done structural assessments, and say that their buildings are sound. Regional is in the process of verifying their structural evaluation which also showed their structure was fine. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center says they didn’t sustain any structural damage.
All four hospitals are reporting that the damage is not impacting their ability to provide emergency medical care this weekend.
