Mayo Clinic activates “Surge Capacity Plan” to deal with overcapacity

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — With COVID-19 cases still climbing, the Mayo Clinic activated its “Surge Capacity Plan” due to all 304 licensed beds being occupied. The plan would have patients in unlicensed beds that would be “used for others purposes than inpatient care like infusion, PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), etc.”

The hospital says they notified the Agency for Health Care Administration of their plan and requested approval to operate at overcapacity. While they may be at overcapacity, Mayo Clinic says they have enough staffing to meet the needs of the surging areas.

The Mayo Clinic issued the following statement:

“Like all of our neighboring Northeast Florida hospitals, Mayo Clinic in Florida has seen a dramatic increase in COVID-19 positive patients in recent weeks. For this reason, we have activated our hospital surge plan and are making adjustments to inpatient areas to accommodate caring for an increased number of patients, while leveraging innovative solutions like our Advanced Care at Home, our hospital at home program.

Mayo Clinic remains honored to care for our community. Mayo Clinic patients who have scheduled appointments should continue to seek care for their appointments/visits, procedures, and surgeries. At this time, we have not canceled patient care unless it was patient-directed. In specific cases, Mayo Clinic may make modifications to schedules given the circumstances in the community, but these are on a case-by-case basis. We stand together with our Northeast Florida hospitals to serve our community and place the needs of our patients first.”

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