Moore Medical Center is a total loss, Norman Regional Health System CEO David Whitaker said Tuesday. The Medical Center was destroyed by the EF-5 tornado that hit Moore on May 20. The community hospital ruins will be demolished. Whether it will be rebuilt remains in question.
“It’s not salvageable. We’re going to have to get what we can out of it and then it will be scraped off,” Whitaker said.
The Norman Regional Hospital Authority declared an emergency to allow hospital officials to waive bidding requirements for tornado recovery, salvage and demolition costs.
“We need to be able to move fairly quickly,” Whitaker said.
Despite the tragedy and loss, there have been miracles.
About 125 employees, 30 patients and more than 300 members of the community seeking shelter at the hospital survived without serious injury.