S.I. health-care workers receive donated masks, face shields
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Health-care workers in Staten Island hospitals and nursing homes recently received 14,000 free face masks and face shields, thanks to the generosity of a domestic manufacturing company and the efforts of Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster. (Staten Island Advance/Rebeka Humbrecht)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Health-care workers in Staten Island hospitals and nursing homes recently received 14,000 free face masks and face shields, thanks to the generosity of a domestic manufacturing company and the efforts of Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SICOAD).
The American Mask Company donated the equipment to the health-care workers with the help and direction of SICOAD and its Medical Ecosystem (MES), which directed the donations toward those patient-facing providers hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and in the greatest need of the