Mysterious water leaks in the ceiling of a Mount Pleasant hospital caused staff to scramble to move patients. Hospital inspectors happened to be touring on an official, unannounced visit. The poor timing Aug.
14 did not end up hurting Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital, as the surveyors ended up joining the hunt for the leaks and commended the hospital for how it handled the situation, said Dr. Megan Baker, chief operating officer for Roper St.
Francis Healthcare. Patients were moved to other floors so they would not have to put up with the disruption to their rooms, and three were transferred to Roper Hospital downtown, she said. "We know things are going to come up," Baker said.
"It's how you respond to them" that counts. "This, of course, was following Tropical Storm Debby, so there are a lot of unanswered questions," Baker added. Dr.
Megan Baker, chief operating officer for Roper St. Francis Healthcare, speaks at its Mount Pleasant hospital during a ceremony earlier this year. Staff discovered the problem on the third floor just as surveyors showed up early that morning from The Joint Commission, one of the accrediting agencies hospitals are required to have.
The commission does inspections every three years and had given the hospital a window of when they might arrive, between Aug. 1 and December, but the actual date is always a surprise. It might have been an even bigger surprise this year.
"Finding you have a facilities issue within the second hour of your Joint.