{"id":265834,"date":"2025-11-03T08:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=265834"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:36:51","slug":"pr-hurricane-melissa-response-11-1-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-hurricane-melissa-response-11-1-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id=\"text-only\" class=\"press-release\">\r\n            <article class=\"space-large\">\r\n                <header>\r\n                    <hgroup class=\"\">\r\n                        <h1>Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa<\/h1>\r\n                    <\/hgroup>\r\n                <\/header>\r\n                <div class=\"space\">\r\n                    <p><strong>BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025&mdash;<\/strong>Tomorrow, Samaritan\u2019s Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization\u2019s ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa\u2014the largest storm in the country\u2019s history. The 767 cargo plane will carry an Emergency Field Hospital to the island nation. Jamaica\u2019s Ministry of Health requested this life-saving facility to provide urgent, critically needed care to patients as many hospitals and infrastructure across the island were severely damaged in the storm. The facility will be built in <b>Black River<\/b>, where the hurricane made landfall along Jamaica\u2019s southwest coast and destroyed the local hospital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>El <b>Hospital M\u00f3vil de Emergencias<\/b> will be rapidly setup by members of the organization\u2019s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) as soon as it arrives in Jamaica. It will be equipped with <b>more than 30 inpatient beds<\/b> and will include:<\/p>\r\n                    <ul style=\"margin-top: 0\">\r\n                        <li>One operating room for surgical procedures<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Intensive Care Unit (ICU)<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Emergency Room (ER)<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Obstetric (OB) ward for maternal and neonatal care<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Laboratory, pharmacy, and blood bank<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p><i>\u201cWe are bringing in doctors, nurses, and the entire team it takes to get this hospital up and running\u2014along with all the equipment and supplies we need,\u201d<\/i> dijo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/bio-franklin-graham\/\">Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. <i>\u201cHay hospitales, hogares y comunidades enteras devastados. Queremos que estas personas sepan que Dios los ama, y que a nosotros nos importa lo que est\u00e1n viviendo. Adem\u00e1s, continuaremos distribuyendo suministros de emergencia como filtros de agua y materiales para refugio. Por favor, sigan orando por el pueblo de Jamaica y por nuestros equipos mientras respondemos en el nombre de Jes\u00fas\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>The field hospital\u2014a self-sustaining lifeline for disaster-stricken communities\u2014 is the latest in a long list of emergency supplies that the organization has deployed to the island. To date, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has airlifted 39 tons of emergency relief to Jamaica with more flights planned in the coming days. Samaritan\u2019s Purse has distributed more than 1,300 shelter tarps, water filters, solar lights, and other supplies. The N.C.-based organization has also deployed four community water filtration systems, which are each capable of serving up to 10,000 people per day with safe, drinking water.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Additionally, Samaritan\u2019s Purse mobile medical teams will begin conducting mobile medical clinics tomorrow to care for those in need. Plans are also underway to establish helicopter medical evacuation routes for patients requiring advanced care.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <aside class=\"card width-62ch\">\r\n                        <article class=\"space-small\">\r\n                            <h2>Oportunidades para los medios<\/h2>\r\n                            <ul class=\"space-small\">\r\n                                <li>Interview Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Entrevista a Edward Graham, director de operaciones de Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Interview staff on the ground in Jamaica<\/li>\r\n                                <li>High-quality <a href=\"\/es\/media\/hurricane-melissa-response-press-kit\/#photos\">fotos<\/a> y <a href=\"\/es\/media\/hurricane-melissa-response-press-kit\/#b-roll\">material grabado<\/a> available<\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                            <footer>\r\n                                <a class=\"primary button\" href=\"\/es\/media\/media-response-form\/\">Formulario de solicitud de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n<\/a>\r\n                            <\/footer>\r\n                        <\/article>\r\n                    <\/aside>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"small\" style=\"margin-top: 2.618em;width: min(100%,var(--ch-unit)*62);border-top:1px solid #888;padding-top: 1.618em\">Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan's Purse responds to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations\u2014especially in locations where few others are working. Led by President and CEO Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse works in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, poverty, famine, and persecution. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/\">SamaritansPurse.org\/espanol<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n             <\/article>\r\n         <\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025&mdash;Tomorrow, Samaritan\u2019s Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization\u2019s ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa\u2014the largest storm in the country\u2019s history. 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