How The U.S. Is Dealing With A Medical Supply Shortage | NPR

Hospitals and medical workers across the country are issuing desperate pleas for more medical supplies as coronavirus cases are on the rise. They say they need both PPE, or personal protective equipment, and ventilators. As a result, American workers are producing more to meet the demand, and medical device manufacturers are asking the Trump administration to step in and centralize the distribution of supplies under the Defense Production Act.


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The Shortage of PPE for workers on the frontlines of the Pandemic. Some of the shortages in supplies for Frontline Personnel could be addressed by looking at the stealing that is going on in the Medical Supply Systems. There are a lot of people who take equipment and supplies and resale it to turn a profit. In El paso Texas at a Hospital Supply Warehouse the manager of the facility was loading boxes of N-95 Face Mask into the Trunk of his Car. He was apprehended by an El Paso Policeman who was also working part time as a Guard at this Warehouse. This is happening all over the Country, San Diego, Houston, New York. Stop this and it might alleviate some of the shortages.

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