Shreveport company comes to the aid of northwest Louisiana hospitals
CNC Oilfield Services employees providing water to NWLA hospitals to keep patients and staff warm. (Source: Colton Sanders)
By Chandler Watkins | February 18, 2021 at 1:59 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 9:41 PM
Colton Sanders, James Caskey, Kris Cooper, Jamie Burford, and Brain Sneed of CNC Oilfield Services in Shreveport have been using tankers to get water to CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier, Ochsner LSU Health Systems, and the Willis-Knighton Health System.
Louisiana National Guard arrives at Willis-Knighton (Source: Willis-Knighton Health System)
“I got a phone call yesterday morning and was asked if I could help out the water situation at the hospitals,” Sanders said. “At this point, we had shut down operations. I thought if I had someone in one of the hospitals I would want to help out. I threw my clothes on and went and got in a truck, rallied up some of our other guys who said wherever we need to help out we will. We’ve been trying to deliver water everywhere and it has been crazy. We’ve had to thaw our valves and the brakes are freezing up, but we are making it. We are just one small piece of the puzzle. There are so many people out here that are shoveling ice to keep people from falling at the hospitals. These first responders and nurses are pushing cars until midnight, but we are trying to do what we can to help.”