{"id":255661,"date":"2024-10-02T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=255661"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:45:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:45:33","slug":"pr-hurricane-helene-10-02-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-hurricane-helene-10-02-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Samaritan\u2019s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samaritan\u2019s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations<\/h1>\r\n \r\n

Additional Medical Support to Provide Surge Capacity as Search and Rescue Efforts Continue<\/h3>\r\n \r\n

BOONE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024—<\/strong>Samaritan\u2019s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic necessities due to infrastructure damage caused by Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

The international Christian relief organization has also deployed an Emergency Field Hospital to assist Cannon Memorial Hospital in Avery County, North Carolina\u2014a community that has been particularly hard-hit. The 20-bed unit will help alleviate the strained local healthcare system by providing triage support, emergency medical care, oxygen, and an in-patient ward if the main hospital reaches capacity. Samaritan\u2019s Purse has also provided two multi-bed field hospital oxygen units to local hospitals to supply oxygen for patients who don\u2019t have power in their homes.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

On Tuesday, the organization used a helicopter to sling load food and water to twelve isolated families in Newland, North Carolina as well as delivered a generator and starlink to a care facility in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The facility had been without power for nearly four days, and supplies were beginning to run out. Samaritan\u2019s Purse has plans for similar operations to reach churches and other care facilities that can distribute critical relief supplies to inaccessible communities. <\/p>\r\n \r\n

“Our hearts break for all those who have been devastated by Hurricane Helene. People have lost their homes, roads are washed out, millions are without power, and some have even lost loved ones—so many of our neighbors are hurting,”<\/i> dijo Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. “We're thankful that we can respond and help in Jesus\u2019 Name. Please pray for these families and for our teams that are working in some of the hardest hit areas across the Southeast.”<\/i><\/p>\r\n \r\n

In response to devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has also deployed Disaster Relief Units\u2014tractor-trailers stocked with tools and equipment\u2014to Asheville and Boone, North Carolina; Perry and Tampa, Florida; and Valdosta, Georgia.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

As news of the devastation continues, Samaritan\u2019s Purse will continue monitoring other hard-hit areas in the U.S. and assess communities where the needs are overwhelming. Chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response team are also deploying alongside Samaritan\u2019s Purse to provide spiritual relief and comfort to people who are hurting. <\/p>\r\n \r\n

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