Medicine and Supplies Needed for Katrina Survivors
For Immediate Release
Tue Sep 6 09:46:28 CDT 2005
If you have been waiting and wondering how to help out Katrina
victims, now is a good time to act.
One of my sisters in Covington Louisiana is a doctor working with the
local emergency operations centers of the area. They are in need of
lots of supplies and medicines. They need your help. Later I’ll tell
you exactly how.
Covington, Slidell, Mandeville, Abita Springs, and Pearl River are across
the northern shores of lake Pontchtrain. The situation in St. Tammany
parish is still difficult. There are many refugees from other areas that
have lost everything. All they have is the cloths on their back, if even
that. Most homes have no electricity, and won’t for several weeks due to heavy
pole damage.
Some have asked: Why not just go through the Red Cross? They answer
is simple: They are up to their necks in the major crisis and relief centers.
They simply can’t be everywhere and can’t supply every clinic and Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) with everything they need right now. Every clinic
and hospital is low on supplies and has limited access to deliveries.
We are hearing from multiple sources that the Red Cross shelters are
sending people away to other clinics and hospitals: they just can’t take
any more patients given the immense need.
Although we we asked our local communities in Austin and Fredericksburg Tx
for help, and got a generous response, our efforts only came up with a few
thousand dollars of medicines. We need to expand our petition to the state
and national level to get the kind of quantities that will really make
an impact over the next few months. The organization below has demomstrated
that they can get the medicines in and out quickly and efficiently.
Medicines
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One of the huge needs is medicine. We need to get as much perscription
and non-perscription medicines as possible. The list includes the
following:
* Antiboitocs: Especially for Children
* Heart Meds
* Blood Pressure Meds
* Pulmonary Meds
* Alergy Meds
* Phsychiatric Meds
* Schitzophrenia Meds
* G.I. Meds
* Arthritis Meds
* Migrane Meds
* Fungal Creams, & Sprays
* Bandages
* Diabetic Medications
We are specifically hopeing the following organizations can donate their
samples and especially expiring meds. Expiring meds often are still effective
and get routinely discarded and replaces. Often pharmaceutical reps stock clinics
with these meds on routine basis. If you are one of the following types of
organizations that can donate, please let us know at the link below.
* Clinics
* Hospitals
* Private medical practices
* Nursing Homes
* Pharmaceutical Company
* Other type of clinic
Cash
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We need cash to buy supplies that don’t transport well, like fuel for generators,
ice, foods, and clothes. That link above will tell you how to donate by
check. It’s really going to help people directly and quickly.
TO HELP:
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Here is the link to The Texas Association of Community Health Centers who
will distribute the medicines to our Texas and Louisiana clinics. I met some
of their folks while we were buying meds at Costco here in Austin and they
know their stuff and were helpful to us in our initial purchases.
They also have an updated list of medicines that are needed at our Texas
clinics. Click on the link at the top of:
http://www.tachc.org/
Please distribute this to other LUGS or medical groups in the United States as
we are not on every LUG. We need to get these supplies to the people on the
ground. If possible, please send this annoucement to your local radio station’s Public
Service Announcement person via email or otherwise.
Thank you again,
Phil