Being Ready: Samaritan’s Purse delivers 30-bed field hospital to Bristol Bay Borough
Samaritan’s Purse sent emergency field hospitals to Italy and New York this spring. Both places were badly hit by coronavirus. On Monday, the organization flew one to the Bristol Bay Borough. The borough is the epicenter of fish processing during the short sockeye fishery, and it’s population grows exponentially as seafood workers and fishermen come to the region. The 30-bed hospital can be set up within 48 hours. “It took a lot of cooperation, cause there’s a lot of — various agencies that had to cooperate. And they all did this at record speed, so I’m very thankful for the leadership of everybody who’s involved,” >click to read< 08:53
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