Re: OT: words are not enough
- Subject: Re: OT: words are not enough
- From: i*@yahoo.com.au
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:09:18 -0000
Dear Janice
thoughts are with you, words cannot convey what this means to us all
Regards
Dian Mitterer
South Australia
-
-- In iris-talk@y..., "Janice L. Haney" <haney@s...> wrote:
> I'm coming out of lurk-dom with a very serious plea. Please,
please donate
> blood if you are able.
>
> I work for a medium sized medical facility in upstate NY, about 3
1/2 hours
> directly north of the NYC disaster. We were put on alert by 2:00pm
> yesterday to be prepared for emergency situations, including taking
in ALC
> (Alternal Levels of Care) from the local hospitals, as they receive
patients
> from the city. This is not a joke. We are prepared to convert two
lounges
> and our activities rooms into temporary patient facilities.
>
> This is the first time in my 16 years of nursing home experience
that it has
> ever happened. We're struggling on staffing issues to deal with
the 356
> patients on a day to day basis. Thankfully due to the
professionalism and
> dedication of our staff, the nursing and aide employees have opened
their
> arms and hearts for whatever may come in the next few days. I'll
know in a
> few hours how this will directly affect us.
>
> When our Director of Nursing called the Red Cross to see what we
could do,
> their only request was BLOOD, and any available medical personal to
be
> dispatched to NYC. Within 4 hours of the attacks, there were 3
blood drives
> in the Albany area. Our blood drive in Saratoga will be today.
>
> This is a tragedy in the US unequalled in our lifetime by the sheer
> magnitude of people affected. My life was affected when the
Oklahoma City
> bombing occurred as I had family in & around the area. In that
attack we
> lost 300 people, and there was a need for blood. This latest
attack will
> most likely physically affect thousands, the need for blood will be
greater.
>
> I need to go now, and face what today will bring... and yes, roll
up my
> sleeves for a pint of O negative.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jan Haney
> Zone 4, Region 2
> Saratoga Lake, NY
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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