HCA Healthcare Gives up to $2 Million for Hurricane Relief in Texas
August 29 2017 - 11:45AM
Business Wire
$1 million to American Red Cross, up to $1
million for HCA Hope Fund
HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare provider with
177 hospitals and 119 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and
the United Kingdom, today announced a donation of $1 million to the
American Red Cross to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey. In
addition, HCA will match employees’ donations to the HCA Hope Fund,
the company’s employee assistance nonprofit organization, up to $1
million.
“HCA’s culture of caring is never more evident than when
adversity strikes, and I’m proud to say that over the last few days
countless members of the HCA family have pulled together to support
the needs of our facilities in Houston and Corpus Christi,” said
Milton Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of HCA. “Our
donations to the American Red Cross and the HCA Hope Fund will help
care for people and communities in need.”
“The Red Cross is working around the clock in extremely
challenging conditions in Texas to help people impacted by
Hurricane Harvey,” said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the
American Red Cross. “We couldn’t do it without the generosity of
our amazing donors – like HCA. With their support, the Red Cross
can be there when disaster strikes to respond with shelter, food
and the necessary supplies to ensure people are cared for, and to
help during the recovery process. We’re extremely grateful for
their support.”
The HCA Hope Fund is an employee-run, employee-supported
501(c)(3) charity that provides financial aid and resources to
employees after extended illness, injury, disaster or other special
situations. HCA employees, vendors, affiliated physicians, patients
and the general public can make tax-deductible donations to the
fund. Since inception, the Hope Fund has provided more than 23,000
grants totaling more than $35 million in assistance to HCA
employees. To make a donation or for more information on the HCA
Hope Fund, visit https://www.hcahopefund.com/.
HCA operates approximately 50 hospitals, 27 surgery centers in
Texas, including 15 hospitals, six freestanding emergency centers,
five surgery centers and one freestanding cancer center in Houston;
and a hospital with five campus locations and a freestanding
emergency center in Corpus Christi. Of the 55,000 HCA employees in
Texas, approximately 14,000 are located in the Houston and Corpus
Christi area.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading
providers of healthcare services, operating 177 locally managed
hospitals and 119 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and the
United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA created a new model
for hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to
strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the
practice of medicine. HCA has conducted a number of clinical
studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream
infections in ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA is a learning
healthcare system that uses its more than 27 million annual patient
encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.
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used throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its
affiliates.
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