Nearly every time Kentucky has placed an order for medical protective gear, Gov. Andy Beshear says the federal government has prevented its transfer. WFPLNews
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says his administration is doing everything it can to prepare hospitals to be inundated with cases of COVID-19, but nearly every time the state has placed an order for medical protective gear, the federal government has prevented its transfer.
State officials have also requested additional gloves, masks and other personal protective equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and through private contracts.“Our biggest problem is that just about every single order that we have out there for PPE, we get a call right when it’s supposed to be shipped and it’s typically the federal government has bought it,” Beshear said during a Saturday press conference.
Beshear said that he believes he can increase capacity to 25,000 hospital beds and is currently working with the Kentucky Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a field hospital at the state fairgrounds in Louisville.
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