TAMPA, Fla. — Moffitt Cancer Center will suspend normal operations at all locations on Wednesday and Thursday as Hurricane Milton approaches the Tampa Bay area.
Operations, including in-person and virtual visits, surgeries, procedures, infusions and imaging, will be suspended at the following locations on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10.
- Moffitt Magnolia Campus, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa
- Moffitt McKinley Hospital, 10901 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa
- McKinley Outpatient Center, 10920 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa
- Moffitt at International Plaza, 4101 Jim Walter Blvd., Tampa
- Moffitt at Wesley Chapel, 2590 Healing Way, Wesley Chapel
Urgent care will be closed and patients in need of care are encouraged to go to their local emergency room.
The facilities are working to reschedule patients.
Visitations will also be suspended Wednesday and Thursday. During this time, patients are allowed only one visitor to stay overnight. The visitor must be at the facility before 5 a.m. Wednesday and plan to stay until the storm passes.
Visitors are asked to bring clothes, food and medications. Children and pets are not allowed. The normal visitor policy will resume once conditions are safe.
Moffitt will care for about 240 patients at Moffitt McKinley Hospital and the Magnolia campus during the storm.
Facilities will not serve as a storm shelter.
