UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown (Iowa) will close all services except outpatient testing, lab programs and radiology programs until further notice after an EF3 tornado hit the hospital July 19, according to a July 22 statement.
The hospital canceled all elective surgeries and procedures scheduled for July 23. UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown noted "all services and departments on the main hospital campus will remained [sic] closed until further notice."
UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown evacuated 43 patients after a tornado hit the hospital, according to a notice on the hospital's website. The patients were transferred to the health system's Waterloo and Grundy Center hospitals in Iowa. No staff members or patients were injured in the tornado, but the facility "sustained extensive damage," according to the notice.