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RG, IF YOU ARE WILLING
AND ABLE TO HELP.
TO PUT OUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS IN
PERSPECTIVE, IN NORMAL TIMES,
EACH OF THE PROVIDERS I LISTED,
EACH OF THOSE 10 PROVIDERS, USES
A NEW MASK, A NEW GOWN, AND
GLOVES EACH TIME THEY GO INTO A
ROOM TO SEE A PATIENT.
10 CARE PROVIDERS, AS I
PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED, PROVIDING
24 HOUR CARE, GETS YOU TO ABOUT
240 ITEMS OF PPE IN A DAY PER
PATIENT.
NOW, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY A
HOSPITAL THAT LET'S SAY HAS 40
ICU PATIENTS, YOU ARE AT 10,000
PPE ITEMS IN A DAY PER
HOSPITAL
IN OUR COMMONWEALTH.
AND IN ADDITION TO OUR HOSPITAL
STAFF, WE ALSO HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS, ALL OF
WHOM REQUIRE AND NEED PPE.
THAT IS WHY THE
NEED FOR
EQUIPMENT, FOR PPE, IS JUST SO,
SO GREAT.
IT IS LITERALLY IN THE MILLIONS.
I HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR MEDICAL
PROVIDERS TO POSTPONE ELECTIVE
SURGERIES.
TODAY I WILL SIGN AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER DIRECTING THEM TO DO SO.
THIS WILL PRESERVE BED SPACE AND
ALSO EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
VENTILATORS AND PPE.
AS I SAID YESTERDAY, WE HAVE PUT
IN OUR SECOND REQUEST FOR PPE TO
THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH COMPANIES TO
DONATE PPE THAT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE.
AND WE ARE WORKING TO SOURCE
MORE FROM PRIVATE VENDORS.
THE COOPERATION THAT I HAVE SEEN
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH HAS JUST
LITERALLY BEEN TREMENDOUS.
AND TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE
STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND
PITCHED IN, I SAY THANK YOU.
I WILL AND -- WILL
ADD, BECAUSE
STATES ARE LITERALLY COMPETING
FOR SUPPLIES, THE PRICES WE ARE
SEEING FROM SOME PRIVATE VENDORS
HAS JUMPED.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED A
NATIONALLY-LED RESPONSE.
ALLOWING THE FREE MARKET TO
