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Hurricane Sandy this week forced a few hospitals in New York and New Jersey to evacuate patients to other nearby facilities due to power or flooding concerns. In addition, many New Jersey hospitals and several Pennsylvania and Maryland hospitals experienced power outages but were able to operate on back-up generators, and some Delaware hospitals reported flooding. Other health care facilities in impacted states, including New York and Delaware, discharged or transferred patients or cancelled elective procedures in advance of the storm. Most Connecticut hospitals closed their outpatient clinics and canceled elective surgeries, but reported no major problems. AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock praised hospitals saying, “People turned to hospitals in their time of need and hospitals turned to each other to help meet the greater needs of their community. The dedication and hard work of the men and women working in America’s hospitals once again makes us all enormously proud.”