Some Florida hospitals hit by Ian are still scrambling to evacuate

patients, or just provide care.

Water utilities in Lee County were permanently damaged, officials said, and at least nine hospitals lost access to potable water. The facilities were “fast approaching a point where they will not be able to safely take care of their patients,” Mary Mayhew, the president of the Florida Hospital Association, said on Thursday.

My goodness. The entire county's water system "permanently damaged"; NINE hospitals.

Lee Health...Children’s Hospital, is without water and has begun transferring fragile newborns.

The water supply and power loss have put “incredible strain on our health system. We cannot run a health system without running water.”--Dr. Larry Antonucci, CEO Lee Health