HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) – Emergency services officials in Hampton County say the cyber attack on the local hospital has had a minimal impact on the way the county’s emergency services operate.
A viewer tells us that this has caused the hospital to reroute some of its emergency calls outside of the county due to the system being down. We asked the hospital about this, but they say they will not be commenting.
The county’s emergency services department says that they have been minimally impacted by the incident and are aware of it, but have been in constant contact with the hospital to talk about changes they have had to make and how to support community safety efforts.
“The safety and well-being of our residents remain our highest priority,” Hampton County Public Information Officer, Desmond Williams said.
During this incident, patients have had to be rerouted to nearby area hospitals if specific systems or services at the hospital were disrupted.
Officials say this has impacted the time it takes for some ambulances to return to service because they are having to travel longer distances, but want to assure residents that they have 6 total ambulances in the county to service patients to staff three daily, and if the demand increases, people and resources are available.
These resources include a quick response vehicle (QRV), additional EMS units, and help from Hampton County Fire Rescue.
Due to the cyber incident, official data exchange between the hospital and the emergency services department has been stalled, but they have been able to restore radio communications between the two groups after having to use telephone communication for patient transfers.
You can read the full press release from the Hampton County Government regarding the recent cybersecurity incident at Hampton Regional Medical Center below:
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