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There are 6 comments on BU Researchers Heed Plea to Help Local Hospital Workers

  1. I am glad that BU researchers donated, although it is disappointing to know they donated to Brigham rather than their own institution’s hospital (which is known to have far fewer resources than Brigham and is recently evidenced by their inability to provide masks for each employee to wear at work everyday).

  2. True, as shown below in email below send on March 20, BU and BMC are also in need.

    Dear Researchers,

    There is a shortage on campus of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, disposable gloves and gowns, N95 respirators, and face shields. While we understand that some of you may have desires to help and donate PPE supplies to others outside of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, both of our institutions are in need of them as well. We are asking your laboratories to please contact Heather Gillis of Sourcing & Procurement if you have surplus PPE to donate. You can contact her by email at hmg@bu.edu. Please include the subject line: PPE Donation. The PPE will be redirected to other areas of BU or BMC that critically need them. Thank you as always for your assistance and support.

    Sent on Behalf of,

    Ron L. Morales
    Director Research Safety
    Boston University|Boston Medical Center
    85 East Newton Street
    Fuller Building, Suite 470
    Boston, MA 02118
    (P) 617.358.7835
    (E) rmorales@bu.edu

  3. I’m really proud to see the work my colleague independently put into developing and coordinating this donation drive of masks and other essential supplies to healthcare professionals in need. I also think that it’s relevant that she did so as quickly as possible given the urgency of addressing this pandemic.

    Given the need that BMC also continues to have, as demonstrated in the letter that was sent out after this particular donation was made, it would be great to see further administrative support to help rustle up donations of any remaining PPE or other relevant materials from labs across BU that may not have seen the communication from Ron Morales.

  4. Has the University considered allowing the major hospitals to user some dorm floors for hospital beds? I live in Fl now but know of the MA crisis and those spaces will go empty till fall. It would be a great help to the city of Boston and beyond.
    You could even run a campaign for special funding fir this purpose for supplies and equipment needed for such an operation through alumni and retirees. I am both and would be proud to see my University be on the forefront in this battle to help the containment and cure.

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