Posted5/10/2021 3:47 PM
On May 7, Edward-Elmhurst Health donated personal protective equipment to the National Council of Asian Indian Association Inc. which will send it to India to assist people caring for patients with COVID-19.
Included in the donation are 3,500 isolation gowns, 6,000 N95 respirators and 72,000 exam gloves.
The association is working with National India Hub to ship the items to India.
The supplies then will be distributed to rural hospitals and COVID-19 emergency facilities which are being set up in schools and community centers throughout the country.
India is averaging nearly 4,000 deaths and 400,000 new infections each day and has registered nearly 250,000 deaths and 23 million cases since the pandemic began.