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Overworked and running out of supplies, the heroic doctors of White Plains Hospital are fighting bravely against COVID-19 to keep us safe!
Our doctors are risking their lives every single day fighting on the front lines of this virus. As New York has been hit the hardest by the Coronavirus, many hospitals are running out of supplies. The White Plains Hospital is committed to saving lives and making sure the rest of us in Westchester are safe, so let's do our best to help them out by donating the necessary supplies.
As a high school junior, I want to do my best to help those around me. I volunteer frequently at the White Plains Hospital and all the doctors and workers there are so kind and helpful. I want to give back to them by supporting them during this difficult time.
Not too long ago, I had a serious allergic reaction and was rushed to the emergency room at White Plains Hospital. The doctors there were excellent and saved my life. I am highly grateful for there service.
To see the inside perspective on the virus, several doctors were interviewed asking about their concerns, feelings, experiences.
Dr. Shang, Family Practice Physician at Flushing, NY
What’s your experience since the outbreak?
I have definitely seen a huge surge of new confirmed case which has been above 8,000 new cases a day since early March. As a family practice and internal medicine doctor, I saw first-hand that new cases are emerging everywhere from hospital emergency room, clinics and senior center and many patients are still yet to be tested.
What’s your biggest concern?
Lack of testing devices. To truly eradicate the COVID-19 cases, we need to move faster than the virus. The testing has been lagging behind since February – lack of a large scale lockdown and nationwide testing have definitely contributed the surge in March. We really need to ramp up the speed and scale in testing so we can make sure we better track, treat the cases and try to nip the virus in the bud.
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Dr. Zhou, Director of Long Island Jewish Medical Center ICU, NY
What’s your experience since the outbreak?
We know from the COVID-19 tracking data from other countries that the outbreak of COVID-19 primarily concentrated in patients in the age group of 65 and above. However, what we are seeing in the ICUs in NYC area is that many cases are actually coming from the 20 to 60 age group and majority of the patients in this group actually did not have any major preexisting illness or health issues...so this really took us by surprise. Many of these patients walked into the emergency room looking fine but in the following 12 to 24 hours, the COVID-19 symptoms drastically exacerbated and many of them soon needed ventilator, quickly followed by failure of different vital organs.
What’s your biggest concern?
There is a big shortage of beds in ICU. Within 3 weeks of outbreak, our ICU expanded from 1 unit to 7 units. Our current solution is to stop all the non-emergency surgery which freed up the beds for COVID-19 treatment and we have engaged all the doctors to the front line to help, including the pediatricians, any resources we could leverage. Our medical center network has 23 hospitals and each hospital has their own ICUs and every ICU is overbooked.
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Dr. Jun Xu
What's something that you are fearful for in the future?
Top concerns are infection. Many people in the united states do not have PPE. More and more people are getting sick because they don't have the necessary protective equipment. The hospitals are running out of testing devices and unable to keep up with the quickly-spreading virus.
How has the virus impacted your personal life?
I have stayed home for the past three weeks, unable to go to work. My son and daughter are both working in the hospital. My son is in radiology, so lots of surgeries were cancelled. He has to work on the frontlines. Daughter in law has to work in the hospital in the city, which is the epicenter of the virus.
What's something the average person can do to help?
They can do a lot .They can find the masks and PPE to donate to the hospital. If they don’t have the connections, they can raise money for the hospital. The hospitals don't have enough funds to buy it themselves. PPE is very expensive. Any amount of money helps . Even bringing food and gifts to the hospital is great. Even donating donuts is good. Making a hand made postcard to mail to the hospital to show you care is also good.
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The $3000 donation will go directly to the White Plains Hospital, funding necessary hospital equipment such as no-touch thermometers, N95 face masks, and ASCOM phones for wireless and on-site communication.
$2000 will go to ASCOM communication devices
$450 will go to PPE (personal protective equipment)
$550 will go to no-touch thermometers
Any donation, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Your generous donations are saving lives and keeping the world a safer place.
Thank you!
Our doctors are risking their lives every single day fighting on the front lines of this virus. As New York has been hit the hardest by the Coronavirus, many hospitals are running out of supplies. The White Plains Hospital is committed to saving lives and making sure the rest of us in Westchester are safe, so let's do our best to help them out by donating the necessary supplies.As a high school junior, I want to do my best to help those around me. I volunteer frequently at the White Plains Hospital and all the doctors and workers there are so kind and helpful. I want to give back to them by supporting them during this difficult time.
Not too long ago, I had a serious allergic reaction and was rushed to the emergency room at White Plains Hospital. The doctors there were excellent and saved my life. I am highly grateful for there service.
To see the inside perspective on the virus, several doctors were interviewed asking about their concerns, feelings, experiences.
Dr. Shang, Family Practice Physician at Flushing, NY
What’s your experience since the outbreak?
I have definitely seen a huge surge of new confirmed case which has been above 8,000 new cases a day since early March. As a family practice and internal medicine doctor, I saw first-hand that new cases are emerging everywhere from hospital emergency room, clinics and senior center and many patients are still yet to be tested.
What’s your biggest concern?
Lack of testing devices. To truly eradicate the COVID-19 cases, we need to move faster than the virus. The testing has been lagging behind since February – lack of a large scale lockdown and nationwide testing have definitely contributed the surge in March. We really need to ramp up the speed and scale in testing so we can make sure we better track, treat the cases and try to nip the virus in the bud.
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Dr. Zhou, Director of Long Island Jewish Medical Center ICU, NY
What’s your experience since the outbreak?
We know from the COVID-19 tracking data from other countries that the outbreak of COVID-19 primarily concentrated in patients in the age group of 65 and above. However, what we are seeing in the ICUs in NYC area is that many cases are actually coming from the 20 to 60 age group and majority of the patients in this group actually did not have any major preexisting illness or health issues...so this really took us by surprise. Many of these patients walked into the emergency room looking fine but in the following 12 to 24 hours, the COVID-19 symptoms drastically exacerbated and many of them soon needed ventilator, quickly followed by failure of different vital organs.
What’s your biggest concern?
There is a big shortage of beds in ICU. Within 3 weeks of outbreak, our ICU expanded from 1 unit to 7 units. Our current solution is to stop all the non-emergency surgery which freed up the beds for COVID-19 treatment and we have engaged all the doctors to the front line to help, including the pediatricians, any resources we could leverage. Our medical center network has 23 hospitals and each hospital has their own ICUs and every ICU is overbooked.
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Dr. Jun Xu
What's something that you are fearful for in the future?
Top concerns are infection. Many people in the united states do not have PPE. More and more people are getting sick because they don't have the necessary protective equipment. The hospitals are running out of testing devices and unable to keep up with the quickly-spreading virus.
How has the virus impacted your personal life?
I have stayed home for the past three weeks, unable to go to work. My son and daughter are both working in the hospital. My son is in radiology, so lots of surgeries were cancelled. He has to work on the frontlines. Daughter in law has to work in the hospital in the city, which is the epicenter of the virus.
What's something the average person can do to help?
They can do a lot .They can find the masks and PPE to donate to the hospital. If they don’t have the connections, they can raise money for the hospital. The hospitals don't have enough funds to buy it themselves. PPE is very expensive. Any amount of money helps . Even bringing food and gifts to the hospital is great. Even donating donuts is good. Making a hand made postcard to mail to the hospital to show you care is also good.
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The $3000 donation will go directly to the White Plains Hospital, funding necessary hospital equipment such as no-touch thermometers, N95 face masks, and ASCOM phones for wireless and on-site communication.
$2000 will go to ASCOM communication devices
$450 will go to PPE (personal protective equipment)
$550 will go to no-touch thermometers
Any donation, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Your generous donations are saving lives and keeping the world a safer place.
Thank you!
Organizer and beneficiary
Sherry Shi
Beneficiary