Two US Hospitals Hit with Ransomware

A pair of hospitals owned by Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corp. are struggling to fully recover from last week's ransomware attack that left both facilities unable to accept emergency transport patients, according to WV News. As a result, emergency squads redirected patients to other area hospitals after learning of the full redirect at both East Ohio Regional Hospital (EORH) in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) in Martins Ferry, Ohio. On November 23, Karin Janiszewski, director of marketing and public relations for EORH and OVMC told The Times Leader, “At the moment, our emergency rooms are unable to take patients by E-squads, but we can take patients by walk-in." Daniel Dunmyer, CEO of OVMC, added, “The OVMC-EORH employees and medical staff have been very adaptive and supportive and we are able to continue with quality patient care.”