Jackson Purchase Medical Center Update – December 16, 2021

MAYFIELD, KY (December 16, 2021) – 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. While few of the patients originally hospitalized at JPMC from the storm remain, we have begun seeing more injuries in our Emergency Department due to injuries incurred from cleanup efforts.

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 continue operating though diagnostic services in our cardiac catheterization lab have been suspended temporarily to conserve electrical power.

The hospital expects city power to be restored later today or early tomorrow. This should allow services in our cardiac City water has also been restored to the hospital sprinkler system, but we will continue to utilize the water tankers provided by our parent company LifePoint Health for hospital operations as the city water is not yet potable.

All hospital-affiliated practices and rural health clinics remain open and fully operational with the exception of the Jackson Purchase Primary Care Hussain Clinic, which will reopen in the new year. Additionally, phone service has been restored to the Jackson Purchase Primary Care Hickman Clinic. For the latest status on hospital departments and medical group clinics, click here.   

Community resources:

We are continuing to determine how we can help address other important health needs – such as ensuring that patients with chronic conditions have access to essential medications. Additionally, JPMC is working in collaboration with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive to assist with the national blood shortage. We will provide specifics about any upcoming event information once those details have been finalized.

LifePoint Health announced yesterday that they will be contributing $1 million towards rebuilding efforts in the Mayfield-Graves County community. The funds will be allocated through the LifePoint Disaster Response Fund. JPMC hospital leaders will work with LifePoint and the city of Mayfield to identify the areas of greatest need and to support local organizations working to rebuild the community. JPMC is proud to call Mayfield home, and we are grateful for this generous offer of support as we work with our local partners to advance our mission of Making Communities Healthier^® in the days and weeks to come.

For the latest updates on disaster relief in Mayfield, please visit MayfieldStrong.com. An updated list of Mayfield community resources is also available here.

How to help:

For those interested in volunteering, a new phone number has been established. Please call 270.216.0903 or email mayfieldvolunteers@gmail.com for more information. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) asks that material donations be paused during the upcoming inclement weather while they work to establish a new drop-off location. People should halt bringing donations to the four point-of-distribution centers (Mayfield High School, the Mayfield-Graves County Fairgrounds, High Point Baptist Church and H&R Agri-Power). For more information on material distributions, please call 270.883.0072 or email mayfielddonations@gmail.com.

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.

As JPMC hospital and clinics have largely resumed normal operations, this advisory will serve as our final daily update. We will provide proactive updates moving forward, as needed. Please continue to check the hospital’s website at JacksonPurchase.com and Facebook page for additional news, including an updated resources page as community and EOC operations are changing daily.

ABOUT JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER
A part of LifePoint Health, Jackson Purchase Medical Center is a 107-bed (all private), Joint Commission-accredited facility. The hospital is the sole provider of acute care in Graves County and serves patients from the eight counties of the Jackson Purchase. From emergent to elective, our facility offers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services.​ Through incredible teamwork and a medical staff beyond what you typically find in a small town, Jackson Purchase Medical Center aims to deliver the best healthcare available in the greater Western Kentucky region. As we seek to achieve our mission of Making Communities Healthier, we treat you like family because you are family. ​