Lockdown at VRH?
 

One news rag claimed there was a lockdown last night at the Villages Regional Hospital, from somewhere around 5:30 til around 8:30ish in the evening.

I haven't seen a single accounting of this news anywhere else - not on local network TV, or the regional paper newspaper. I didn't see any mention of it in the Daily Sun online either.

Is there anyone who can confirm this, or refute it? I not only live across the street from it (we were out to dinner when all this supposedly happened), but I know someone who is there for recovery from illness.

Ask him/her?

That is not possible at this time.

Hope he/she gets better, sounds more serious than just recovering from an illness

So does anyone know if there was a lockdown at VRH? Supposedly it was a bomb threat and the police were all over the place, employees ending their shifts weren't allowed to leave and those who were in the parking lot to start their shifts weren't allowed to enter.

“The sheriff’s office confirmed a bomb threat had been received.”
There was an all clear announcement made!

Yes I read the "article" as well. But that online newsrag is the ONLY place I've seen any mention of it at all. In normal circumstances (meaning - anywhere else in the USA), a bomb threat at a hospital would make state news, if not national news.

Anyone can say "there was a bomb threat and the sheriff has confirmed that it's all safe." But that doesn't mean it actually happened. I question the veracity of that source (that online newsrag) because it has a habit of making up facts, and offering opinion as facts, and even putting factual information in the opinion column.

So I'm asking if anyone here - has personal knowledge of if there's any truth to it at all.

For instance:

"I was driving down Camino Real yesterday and saw an entire department's worth of county and state troopers careening up the street, sirens blaring."

or

"My mom was about to be released from a gall bladder operation at 5:45 but was not allowed to leave. They wouldn't tell us why, only that everyone had to stay put."

or

"I work in the cafeteria and they wouldn't let me in to start my shift til 8:45."

Anything to corroborate that story.

Excellent point! :oops:


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Check the Sumter County Sheriff Facebook page.
My neighbor said it contains a post about the bomb threat at the hospital.

News | The Villages Regional Hospital | The Villages, Florida

I posted this for the telephone number...Here it is; 352.751.8000 Let us know what you found out.

Thanks! I would not have known to even check on whether or not they had a Facebook page to look at, if not for your post.

It's pretty insane that a hospital would have a bomb threat and it not make the news on every local TV station, every radio station, every local and state newspaper in Florida.

Have not heard anything about it but what is the concern? This could have been a drill for all you know. Could even have been a full scale drill . This, would include other respondents. Seen another post say there was an "all cleared" that went out. Another post said it was like a 3 hour window for lock down. Pretty quick for a bomb threat. Be glad safety procedure for this was enacted either way and nothing happened. At the facility I work in, we have had 5 lock downs in 2 years. None of them were known to the public and all were excellent for training. One would think if it was a real bomb threat you would have seen TONS of law enforcement and a bomb squad there. So how did you know it was a bomb? This should have been called out by a "code", not by name.

What local network TV?

The Village news paper does not print anything negative about the villages

It’s on channel 9 news this morning

Yes there was a lockdown. A neighbor of mine works the switchboard at Leesburg Hospital and they were notified of a bomb threat at Villages Hospital by sheriff’s department.

Bomb threat
 

If you register with the Sumter Country Sheriff’s office you’re get notices on incidents like this. I received the notice from the Sheriff

I went pass around that time and the police were turning cars away and there was full force there. ambulance, fire, multiple police. not aware of what it was about

You've got that right!! If it isn't happy news, it's not fit to print.:ohdear::ohdear:

Like that's such a bad thing?
Steve

Yes it is such a bad thing. They spin important news that might have a negative connotation into something perky and happy. It lulls the reader into thinking that whatever it is, isn't really important.

Hypothetical example:

What they tell you:

The IRS is changing how you do your taxes, you can now submit the entire return on a post-card-sized form!

What they don't tell you:

In order to do this, you have to fill out 23 OTHER forms, taking approximately 6 hours longer than your last year's efforts, and then place the final line on each of those forms in the appropriate line on the post card.

What they tell you:

The Villages major routes will be getting a long-overdue makeover! Out of date foliage will be replaced with updated plants in beautiful colors, signs will be repainted, there'll be new LED bulbs put into the light fixtures, and reflective paint put on the curbs of every street corner along the routes!

What they don't tell you:

Your maintenance fee will be going up 120% to reflect the additional cost, effective next Tuesday.

I can definitely confirm that there was a lock down as I was a patient in the ER when it occurred. It started with the fire alarms going off and overhead announcements of a Code Red and that no one was to pass through the fire doors. Later the overhead messages changed to 'Lock Down' but through out the incident there were timely repeated messages 'condition' is still in effect. No one told us (wife and I) what was happening but they did close the doors to all the treatment rooms. It is true about the staff change at 7pm. My day shift nurse was not allowed to leave till about 8:30p when they let the night shift staff in who were milling around outside somewhere. There were a LOT of law enforcement and fire men who passed by our room. We saw dogs go by several times and it was obvious the dogs were working. My case had already been worked up and I was waiting to be admitted to a room upstairs which I later learned was prevented by the lock down. As abruptly as it started it ended and everything went back to normal.

[QUOTE=OrangeBlossomBaby;1713206]Yes I read the "article" as well. But that online newsrag is the ONLY place I've seen any mention of it at all. In normal circumstances (meaning - anywhere else in the USA), a bomb threat at a hospital would make state news, if not national news.

Anyone can say "there was a bomb threat and the sheriff has confirmed that it's all safe." But that doesn't mean it actually happened. I question the veracity of that source (that online newsrag) because it has a habit of making up facts, and offering opinion as facts, and even putting factual information in the opinion column.

So I'm asking if anyone here - has personal knowledge of if there's any truth to it at all.

For instance:

"I was driving down Camino Real yesterday and saw an entire department's worth of county and state troopers careening up the street, sirens blaring."

or

"My mom was about to be released from a gall bladder operation at 5:45 but was not allowed to leave. They wouldn't tell us why, only that everyone had to stay put."

or

"I work in the cafeteria and they wouldn't let me in to start my shift til 8:45."

Anything to corroborate that story.[/QUOthat tabloid rag is just what it is--be wary of anything reported there, as they have a MAJOR bias & will only print negative stories to reflect their disdain of anything Morse-related

:ohdear::ohdear:

Well I don't like CNN either So I don't watch or care what they say

That happens at may hospitals when a shooting patient comes into ER and it was not an accident

That is SO true!

Not sure what I would do even if I got a complete rundown of the incident the next day.....much ado about nothing.

Yes, there was a bomb threat Sunday night, I was there. 5:30-8:30 pm, bomb sniffing dogs brought in. Found nothing. It was from a phone call.

Bomb threats are a dime a dozen. Nearly all are bogus, someone screwing with the authorities. Yes they have to be checked out just in case but I'm not going to worry all the time when I go some where. In the mid 70's I worked as the desk sergeant for the military police in Germany. The local American high school had a bomb threat every day for a week just after lunch. We had to dispatch MPs to the school along with the fire department to do a search. It got the kids out of class and probably some tests. The principal at the beginning of the next school week announced that any school time missed due to bomb threats would be made up on the week ends and during summer vacation if necessary. Guess what, the bomb threats stopped happening.
Certain people get their jollies doing these sort of things.

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From some hospital website:

The Villages (Fla.) Regional Hospital was on lockdown for nearly three hours Jan. 26, after receiving an anonymous bomb threat, a spokesperson from the hospital's parent Gainesville-based University of Florida Health confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

The hospital was on lockdown from about 5:40 p.m. until 8:20 p.m., during which time access to the hospital was restricted and emergency cases were sent to other facilities in the area.

The hospital received "an anonymous call from a disoriented individual," who told officials there was a bomb was in the facility. The hospital reported the call to local law enforcement officials immediately and placed the hospital on lockdown "out of an abundance of caution."

Sumter County sheriff deputies inspected the hospital and lifted the lockdown when they found no security concerns.

Probably some person who got tired of waiting in the ER