Operational Update: Over Past Week, $5 Million in Insulin for Syria, 25-Ton Charter for Nepal Covid Response and More
Direct Relief also provided India with $17 million worth of donated Covid-19 therapies from Eli Lilly, which cleared customs this week and will be used by hospitals treating Covid-19 patients.
A pharmacist with Syria Relief and Development stocks shelves during medical response efforts. Direct Relief supported the group with $5.5 million worth of donated insulin products over the past week. (SRD photo)
Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 311 shipments of requested medical aid to 44 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide.
A proposed timeline to jumpstart construction of affordable workforce housing on a 3.2-acre parcel in Bahama Village met with some resistance Thursday, May 6, at a meeting of the Bahama Village Redevelopment Advisory Committee.
Key West strategic plan consultant Elisa Levy presented the proposed timeline as well as other development options for the project to BVRAC members to get their input. City officials are trying to speed the process of finding a developer in order to meet an April 2022 deadline for a state grant that could fund a large part of the cost. While that is almost a year away, the contractor Request for Proposals (RFP) process can take a year or more to complete.
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On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, a jury in Minneapolis convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in May of last year. The verdict, though, might not change how much stress and anxiety many Black people continue to feel, says a Miami psychiatrist.
Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Community Health of South Florida in Miami, says the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict is a step, but that as a Black doctor, he’s concerned about how much stress and anxiety many of his Black patients continue to feel.
On Tuesday afternoon, after a Minnesota jury found ex-police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd, the verdict was praised with hope and jubilation. Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Community Health of South Florida in Miami, says the verdict is a step, but that as a Black doctor, he’s concerned about how much stress and anxiety many of his Black patients co
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