Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital Takes Shape in Los Angeles County to Help in Fight against COVID

News Staff : Jan 13, 2021
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"Here in Lancaster, at Antelope Valley Hospital, the rooms and the wards are completely overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The doctors and nurses themselves can't get a reprieve. There's no break, they don't see the end of this and they've asked for help—along with the community leaders, the mayor, and the church leadership here." -Edward Graham, assistant to the vice president of programs and government relations for Samaritan's Purse

[SamaritansPurse.org] Samaritan's Purse is preparing to open an Emergency Field Hospital in Lancaster, California, to care for people suffering from COVID-19. A Disaster Assistance Response Team, including nurses and doctors, is already on the ground. (Screengrab image: via Samaritan's Purse)

On Jan. 11, our DC-8 cargo jet airlifted much of the equipment needed for the hospital to Southern California. The tents have already been set up after being transported by a Samaritan's Purse tractor trailer from our warehouse in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

The mobile unit of 50-plus beds will receive patients in the parking lot of Antelope Valley Hospital, our local medical partner. Patients treated at our site will be limited to those who are COVID-positive but do not need the support of a ventilator... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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