Posted on 03/19/2020 9:59:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
On Tuesday (March 17, 2020), the North Carolina-based global Christian charity Samaritan's Purse airlifted an emergency field hospital to the Italian city of Milan to help a health care system overwhelmed by the coronavirus. As of Wednesday, Italy experienced 35,317 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and 2,978 deaths.
Amid this crisis, Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed emergency field hospital to Milan. The DC-8 aircraft carried approximately 20 tons of medical equipment, a respiratory care unit designed for this specific mission, and 32 disaster relief personnel, including doctors, nurses, and respiratory specialists. That medical team will stay in Italy for a month.
"We are always ready to provide critical relief in the face of this crisis," Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, said in a statement. "We are going to Italy to provide life-saving care to people who are suffering. There is a lot of fear and panic around the world, but we trust that God is in control. We continue to pray for everyone affected by this global health crisis and for our medical team as they respond."
Samaritan's Purse is setting up the emergency field hospital in Cremona, about 50 miles outside of Milan. About two-thirds of coronavirus deaths in Italy have taken place in the Lombardy region, encompassing both Milan and Cremona.
The charity announced that it has partnered with local evangelical churches and chaplains to minister spiritually to the coronavirus patients whom the medical team will serve physically.
"We have an unbelievable staff willing to do this and share the hope of Jesus Christ along with their medical expertise," Edward Graham, Franklin Graham's youngest son and assistant to the vice president of Samaritan's Purse, told media at the airlift. "Medicine is a magnet for the Gospel."
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Believe it or don’t but there are 30,000 American troops deployed to Italy
Well how bout we take care of the USA ?
Awesome.
Prayers up for the Samaritan’s Purse folks.
Excellent.
Samaritan’s Purse is not the US government.
And at this point, the US healthcare system is managing the cases we do have.
A DC-8? I’m surprised it got there.
samaritans purse is the one charity I give to without reservation
DC-8s were husky planes. Well maintained, they can still do a good job. B-52s come to mind.
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Same here.
This will surely please the Catholics!
we are to go where the Lord sends..
Us, too.
Thanks for that recommendation, Mom.
Christians do so much good in the world and yet they are so persecuted.
Samaritans Purse, Salvation Army and Mercy Chefs are the charities I give to without reservation.
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