Amid pandemic, hospitals are lacking medical safety gear. Here's how you can help
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If you don’t find your local hospital on that website, try contacting the hospital’s supply manager to see what they need most. In times like these, however, it may be difficult to reach overworked hospital staff. If your local hospital is a nonprofit or county-run, check to see if it has a foundation or charity arm that may be organizing donations.
“It’s been very heartening. The generosity has been very strong,” said Wilder, who is now soliciting electro-mechanical equipment such as oxygen concentrators and ventilators. If you can’t reach a hospital official or foundation, ask healthcare workers you know what they need. Cyrus Farivar, an Oakland, Calif.-based reporter for NBC News,Also try contacting your local government’s emergency operations office, which may be the center for donations in your area, suggested Cathy Chidester, who directs Los Angeles County’s emergency medical services agency.Chidester says many hospitals and first responders are looking for medical-grade masks, gloves and face shields.
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