{"id":135473,"date":"2020-10-15T14:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=135473"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:52:15","slug":"pr-covid-19-bahamas-response-10-15-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-covid-19-bahamas-response-10-15-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release COVID-19 Bahamas Response 10-15-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Emergency Field Hospital to the Bahamas; Adding Critical Covid-19 Capacity as Positive Cases Continue to Rise <\/h1>\r\n \r\n

BOONE, N.C., Oct. 15, 2020—<\/strong>At the request of the Bahamian Prime Minister, Samaritan\u2019s Purse is deploying an Emergency Field Hospital to Nassau after an increase in COVID-19 cases has overwhelmed the local healthcare system. With more than 2,000 active cases across the islands, hospitals have been inundated with patients suffering from the coronavirus. Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau is full, and they have shut down medical transfers from neighboring islands. Samaritan\u2019s Purse is coming alongside Bahamian healthcare workers, providing additional support as they continue the fight against the devastating COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Today, the international Christian relief organization will airlift more than 14 tons of critical relief supplies—including the specially outfitted 28-bed field hospital and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)—on its DC-8 aircraft. The cargo plane will also transport a team of Samaritan's Purse doctors, nurses and key staff members. In addition to providing added capacity, these medical personnel will partner with Nassau's Princess Margaret Hospital and the Bahamian Ministry of Health to provide Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) trainings for national healthcare workers, many of whom have been infected by the virus—further exacerbating the country\u2019s need for medical assistance. <\/p>\r\n \r\n

“Hospital staff are overwhelmed and exhausted as the number of coronavirus patients in the Bahamas reaches an all-time high,”<\/i> dijo Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. “Our teams respond to the hard places in Jesus\u2019 Name; this is the right place to go to make a difference in the lives of hurting families.”<\/i><\/p>\r\n \r\n

The response comes six months after Samaritan\u2019s Purse simultaneously deployed two Emergency Field Hospitals to New York City and Cremona, Italy to treat COVID-19 in the epicenters of the virus at that time. Medical staff cared for more than 600 patients at the nearly identical 68-bed respiratory care units while reminding them that they were not alone or forgotten. <\/p>\r\n \r\n

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