Heart to Heart International sending teams of doctors to COVID-19 hot spots

Kmbc 9S BRIAN JOHNSON IS IN LENEXA, WITH THEIR NEW CAMPAIGN CALLED THE COVID CARE FORCES. > > WELCOME HEART-TO-HEART INTERNATIONAL BRIAN IN A WAREHOUSE FILLED WITH MASKED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, HEART TO HEART, INTERNATIONAL AND A HALF DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS COMBINE FORCES > >. If THERE WAS EVER A TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO BAND TOGETHER ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS, THAT TIME IS NOW BRIAN IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS, HEART-TO-HEART HAS MADE 67 SHIPMENTS OF PHARMACEUTICALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND HYGIENE KITS TO PLACES IN KANSAS CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD. Now THEYRE SENDING TEAMS OF DOCTORS TO THE HARDEST HIT PLACES > >. As SOON AS WE PUT THE WORD OUT, I HAD DOCTORS, CALLING ME SAYING: CAN I GO TO NEW YORK, BRIAN? The FIRST OF TWELVE MEDICAL TEAMS LEAVES FOR NEW YORK WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Each GROUP WILL BE ON THE GROUND FOR AT LEAST TEN DAYS IN ONE OF TWO HOSPITALS: > >. No, WE DONT HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR WHATS TO COME. If WE WERE TO HAVE A NEW YORK CITY AMOUNT PER CAPITA, WE WOULD STRUGGLE WITH PPE TESTING BEDS, INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AND VENTILATORS AND STAFF. I DON THINK WERE GOING TO COME TO THAT NEVILLE CASES HAVE YET TO PEAK IN THE MIDWEST THATS WHY PRECAUTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT. They WANT YOU TO GO ONLINE AND MAKE A PLEDGE TO TAKE SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WEARING A MASK WHEN YOU GO OUT IN PUBLIC > > TODAY. I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS IS THE FIRST. I HAVE WORN A MASK, BUT I TOOK THE PLEDGE THIS MORNING: BR