A plant manufacturing intravenous (IV) fluids in Marion, North Carolina, has closed after flooding from Hurricane Helen.
Baxter International, located about 55 miles outside of Asheville, has closed and is now covered NPR reported Friday, noting that employees said the building was evacuated just before the worst of the storm hit the area.
Baxter International said in a social media post Thursday. share It showed images of the North Cove facility and said teams are working to restore it.
The NPR article continued:
The facility is one of the nation's largest providers of intravenous fluids, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Baxter said no expense will be spared to get the plant back up and running, but the company “doesn't have a timeline for when operations will resume.”
Given similar situations in the past, factory closures could last weeks or months and strain the supply of critical healthcare products.
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The company said work to get the factory back up and running has already begun, with about 500 people working on site. “We expect this number to double over the next week.”
Most hospitals and medical facilities in the storm's path remained open, but others suffered from power outages, wind damage, supply problems and flooding, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. reported.
“Most hospitals used generators or backup systems to power their facilities during the hurricane. Many locations suspended selection procedures. Few closed permanently. ” states the article.
video footage show Massive destruction as North Carolina residents clean up the mess left by the storm.
Many Americans are taking it upon themselves to bring help to those trapped by flooding in North Carolina. Breitbart News reported on Friday that one group was using mules to transport essential supplies into a mountainous area where roads were completely cut off and it was nearly impossible for neighbors to get out. .
As of late Friday, at least 223 people had been infected. reported Hundreds more people died after the storm and remain missing, according to NBC News.
