Jackson Purchase Medical Center Update – December 14

Jackson Purchase Medical Center (JPMC) continues to respond to the community’s healthcare needs and is sharing this update to educate our community on hospital operations and community resources in the aftermath of Friday’s storm. JPMC has cared for more than 240 patients with various healthcare needs in our Emergency Department since the tornado occurred on Friday evening.

Hospital and clinic operations:

The hospital, including the Emergency Department, remains open with backup power to address emergent needs. Outpatient services including surgical procedures, imaging and rehabilitation have continued today though diagnostic services in our cardiac catherization lab have been suspended temporarily to conserve electrical power. Water and power were also restored in the Jackson Purchase Medical Pavilion today, meaning all hospital-affiliated clinics, including those located in Fulton, Clinton and Hickman, have reopened and are fully operational except for the Jackson Purchase Primary Care Hussain Clinic. Additionally, phone service has been restored to all hospital departments and affiliated medical group clinics except for the clinic located in Hickman, Kentucky. For the latest status on hospital departments and medical group clinics, click here.   

Our parent company LifePoint Health provided the hospital with a refrigerated truck of more than 600 bags of ice today. The ice will be distributed to JPMC employees and the Mayfield-Graves County community.

Community resources:

In addition to responding to immediate patient needs, we are determining how we can help address other important health needs – such as ensuring that patients with chronic conditions have access to essential medications.

Local pharmacies, including Duncan Clinic Pharmacy (located in the Jackson Purchase Medical Pavilion), Stone’s Health Mart Pharmacy, Gibson’s Pharmacy (Paris Rd.), Walgreen’s and CVS, are able to fill paper scripts. Bring in your prescription bottles for help getting refills.

The mobile clinic which was set up yesterday in the Lowe’s parking lot was relocated to the Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds (1001 Housman St. Mayfield) today. The mobile clinic was provided by JPMC’s sister facility Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in coordination with the Graves County EOC and Graves County Health Department, and its operations will be suspended after today. The clinic was able to provide first aid, acute care, medication refills, testing for flu, strep and COVID-19 for more than 30 patients while in Mayfield.

An updated list of Mayfield community resources is available here.

How to help:

For information on volunteering, please call 270.331.1979. Supply donations are being accepted at the Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds. If you would like to support financially, please consider one of the following options:

Contributions can be made to Mayfield Graves County Relief Fund, PO Box 9, Fancy Farm, KY 42039 to help support the Mayfield community.

The LifePoint Disaster Response Fund is earmarked specifically for the Mayfield community and allocated to key local organizations that are critical to the community’s recovery efforts. Our parent company LifePoint Health is currently working with the city to understand the areas of greatest need and will identify specific organizations to support through donations to this fund. Please be sure to put “Mayfield community” in the “honorarium” section of the website.

Contributions can also be made to the LifeCare Fund to help provide a safety net for LifePoint employees across the organization – an important resource for JPMC employees who were impacted by the tornado.

Please continue to check the hospital’s website at JacksonPurchase.com and Facebook page for additional updates.