Live now to discussion with main senator angus king who joins Healthcare Providers and Bipartisan Policy Center experts on the use of telehealth during the covid pandemic. Health team led by, Catherine Hayes and others. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center we were established a a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders, senator bob dole, late senator howard baker on the republican side. Senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine which youll hear shortly his estate, very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed, indeed the world quite frankly is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic caused untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres that much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus,
And incorporated in the 70s as a joint effort with the evangelical association and one of the few remaining love child of that movement. We are there for the specific purpose of serving all the men, women and youth that are incarcerated in the Santa Clara County. A nonprofit. We are, part of the budget comes from the county. Part of the budget comes from local churches, faith communities and individuals who are supporting of this ministry can. Tell us a bit about the Santa Clara County system and who is there and how manysonserand wh kpopula the poonto t 3500 people. The last few years, the population was reduced. There is a womens jail and the mens facility. There is the main jail complex downtown san jose near the county and we are also active in the juvenile probation facilities. There are two of those. About 3500 people altogether. It is considered one of the super jails and i think about the 11th largest in the country at this point. When you say we, do you have other chaplains on
Speak to the Un Development and humanitarian chief in palestine Jamie Mcgoldrick scan the israeli Prime Minister netanyahu is going to virus justice chief of staff to former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak also more coming up in todays going underground but 1st lets go straight to gaza one of the most densely Populated Areas on earth tackling coronavirus dr yasser i would you may director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program Joins me now via skype yes and thanks so much for joining us so what is the situation in gaza israel is claiming it has sent you hundreds of testing kits thousands of or at least 1000 protective suits by the World Health Organization to save people save 2000000 people arguably from coronavirus. Thank you very much and the conditions as like this now we have only tool fortunately only 2 confirmed cases of corn of errors so around the same time we have about 1300 people who are in Quarantine Centers the these are mainly people who are right from outside beca
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