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Originally Posted by laceylady
Another AMAZING trauma hospital closer by is Ocala Regional hospital Trauma Center in Ocala. My husband was driven there by Sumter Co. Ambulance in August due to a fall at home causing a massive subarachnoid hemmorage (TBI). The doctors at Ocala were trained at Shands. They certainly saved his life and then provided OUTSTANDING care while he was in their ICU for four weeks. For the past five weeks he has been in Health Rehab Hospital in Ocala, another outstanding facility. I certainly would never have thought that this WORLD CLASS medical care was available in Ocala. The PT, OT, and speech therapy post TBI stroke or other injury here is aggressive and rehabilitating.
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I have nothing against Ocala Regional-have heard it is a fine hospital. And even though they are a Level 2 Trauma Center, if a patient has the most critical injuries with need of the highest level of care, then they would be transported to the closest Level 1 Trauma Center which would have been Shands or Orlando. Since there is little difference in distance by air to the 2 locations, it is very possible it did come down to which helicopter was available first, and they would have taken the patient back to their hospital