That means we want to hear from Small Business owners and Small Business employees, and we will open up a special line for you. If you own a Small Business, your number is going to be 202 7488000. If you work for a Small Business, we want to hear from you as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488001. European counts as well, so we want to know what you think about the Small Business loan program being out of money, so your line is 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again, Small Businesses are the life lot of america lifeblood of america, and the coronavirus pandemic has hit them hard. We want to know from you how you are surviving if you are a small smallss owner and a business employee. Lets get some information about the program first. Lets go to politicos caitlin who is on the line and here to talk to us about what is going on with the small f
, the president of the National Rural Health Association, here to talk about how the corona pandemic is affecting rural areas. Good morning. Caller good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for inviting me to be on your show. Host tell us what the National Rural Health Association is and what you do. Rural healthtional association started in the early 1980s as a way of bringing rural providers and people interested together. We have over 21,000 members. It is a notforprofit organization comprised of people from universities, rural health clinics, people in longterm care health centers, and anybody who would like to expand the voice for rural health. We are concerned about education, research, munication. Anything that can advance and support our Rural Communities and activate and increase access for Rural Health Care in our communities. Up theou also head illinois critical access hospital network. Tell us what that is. Ofst yes, it is a network 57 critical access and small rural hosp
City and our hospitals across the state in the fight against the covid19 pandemic. Placeacility will be a where coronavirus patients no longer require hospitalization and complete their care, and for and fully recover by providing additional 250 beds here, this Field Hospital expands the capacity of Baltimore City health care facilities, reduces the time that patients have to remain in our hospitals, and in turn will free up that critical capacity for other patients who need acute care more urgently. We have already assembled the physical facilities here in a very short time. A 24 7lements including staffing plan are currently underway. Schedule and we will be able to take care of patients here as needed. Undertakingge involving many people and i just want to take a moment to thank a few of them. First of all, i want to thank fema for delivering these hospital beds and other materials. I want to thank the Maryland National guard and their department of General Services team for working
President trying focuses on a new target blaming the extent of the pandemic on the World Health Organization and leaving chinas who by province after more than 2 months only to face quarantine in beijing. Hello welcome to the program the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson will spend a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who has stepped in to lead government has confirmed that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but is not on a ventilator in the us a medal has surfaced showing that a senior white house advisor warned that senior officials in the Trump Administration about the coronavirus as back as january france as become the 4th country to surpass 10000 corn a virus from a to deaths with 3000 people there have died in care homes since the start of the outbreak and the u. K. And the state of new york in the u. S. Have also both recorded their highest number of deaths in one day 731 people died in new york while the u. K. Has regist
He made the announcement while speaking to reporters about local efforts to combat the outbreak, including the formation of strike teams to help Nursing Homes dealing with an influx of cases. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today at the Baltimore City Field Hospital at the convention center, which represents a critical part of our ongoing efforts to support Baltimore City and our hospitals across the state in the fight against the covid19 pandemic. This facility will be a place where coronavirus patients who no longer require hospitalization can complete their care and fully recover, and by providing an additional 250 beds here, this Field Hospital expands the capacity of Baltimore City health care facilities, reduces the time that patients have to remain in our hospitals, and in turn will free up that critical capacity for other patients who need acute care more urgently. We have already assembled the physical facilities here in a very short period of time. And other elem