Hospitals want the Biden administration to shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed from Hurricane Helene flood damage.

Hospitals are starting to run short of critical IV fluids and devising workarounds after a North Carolina manufacturing plant that furnished more than half of the domestic supply was taken down by Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene’s reach is being felt far beyond the areas directly impacted. Hospitals in Hampton Roads are navigating an impending national shortage of IV and other fluids because the facility where more than half of the nation’s supply is made is now shut down.

M Health Fairview and Hennepin Healthcare are among a growing list of providers canceling or rescheduling non-emergency surgeries.