May 4, from 8 a.m. to noon
Eastern Virginia Medical Center on Colley Avenue
Norfolk, Va. – Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Sentara will conduct a training drill to test their joint, campus-wide response to a mass casualty event on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to noon, on the Eastern Virginia Medical Center campus.
The surrounding Colley Avenue community as well as those on the medical center campus may see or hear the activities, sirens, and lights of drill participants.
All city roadways will be open during the exercise, and all services will be fully operational during the training exercise.
This is only a drill. There is no cause for alarm.
The drill is part of ongoing efforts by medical center campus partners to collaborate effectively in the event of a large-scale emergency in our community. For more information, please refer to the contacts below:
Sentara Healthcare: Dale Gauding, Senior Communications Advisor, Media Pager, (757) 671-4971; (o) (757) 455-7118; (c) (757) 615-4718, dtgaudin@sentara.com
CHKD: Elizabeth Simpson Earley, Public Relations Program Manager, (o) (757) 668-9049, (c) 757-477-7286, elizabeth.earley@chkd.org
EVMS: Douglas Gardner, Director of News, (757) 446-7070, gardneda@evms.edu