TO SEE IF THEY CAN BROADEN THAT WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN SCOTT JOHNSON CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL
STATION.
>>TOM WILLS: THANK YOU SCOTT
LOCAL HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN
SEEING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF COVID-19 PATIENTS
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND YET
THEY’RE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER
SURGE IN FACT
AT BAPTIST HEALTH THERE IS NOW
A REFRIGERATED TRUCK STANDING
BY SHOULD DEATHS INCREASE.
BUT IT’S NOT BEING
USED YET. BAPTIST AND OTHER
HOSPITALS HAVE ALSO REQUESTED
RECEIVED
MORE VENTILATORS NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER JIM PIGGOTT HAS BEEN
TALKING WITH HOSPITAL
ADMINISTRATORS IS JOINING US
FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN
SPRINGFIELD, WHERE THE HOURS
FOR FREE COVID TESTING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED AS THE CITY PREPARES
TO OPEN MORE SITES GEM.
>> YOU KNOW TOM THIS IS THE
FIRST DAY THOSE OURS HAS
BEEN EXTENDED AND I’LL TELL YOU
IF YOU NEED TO GET A TEST WANT
TO GET
A TEST. NOW IS THE TIME TO COME
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE NOT
SEEN
A LINE FOR TESTING THERE REALLY
IS NO WAY TO WE’RE DOWN HERE IN
SPRINGFIELD AT THE CENTRAL
HEALTH PLAZA TO SAYS LOCATED
VERY CLOSE TO UFJ ACTS IN VILLE
YOU NEED TO DO THAT. I
WOULD SAY THIS IS THE TIME TO
COME AND GET A TEST.
>> THOSE STANDING IN LINE TO BE
TESTED AT VARIOUS REASONS SUCH
AS WORK OR BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN
EXPOSED BUT SYLVIA REID SAYS
SHE’S GETTING TESTED SO SHE CAN
ACTUALLY GO TO HER DOCTOR’S
OFFICE THAT’S A HARD TO YES IT
DID.
>> BUT THEN YOU REALLY THINK
ABOUT IT RIGHT BECAUSE YOU
DON’T KNOW REALLY YOU CAN’T
DIAGNOSE YOURSELF I THINK IT
WAS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE PEOPLE
PAST AND WHAT WERE SEEN A
NUMBER OF CASES AT OUR
HOSPITALS GO
DOWN SLIGHTLY.
>> MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THEY’RE
PREPARING FOR YET ANOTHER
SURGE. THAT’S WHY SOME
HOSPITALS HAVE REQUESTED AND
RECEIVE VENTILATORS FROM
THE STATE US HEALTH FOR EXAMPLE
RECEIVED 25 VENTILATORS AT U OF
HEALTH DOCTOR
PATEL SAYS.
>> THEY ARE DOING THAT JUST IN
CASE THINGS GET WORSE I THINK
WE’RE SEEING CITYWIDE WE ARE
RUNNING LOW ON AVAILABLE.
IS THE LAST
2 SURGES TAUGHT US ANYTHING IT
IS THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED
FOR
THE UNEXPECTED. YOU NEVER KNOW
WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A
LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS.
ALL THE SUDDEN
BECOME ILL. SO ILL THAT THEY
REQUIRE SUPPORT FROM THESE
SORTS OF DEVICES.
THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO END
UP IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU’RE
TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHICH PATIENTS.
>> GETS THE DEVICE AT BAPTIST
HEALTH 75 VENTILATOR FROM THE
STATE AT ASCENSION SAINT
VINCENT’S WELL THEY DIDN’T ASK
FOR ANY AND IN A
STATEMENT SAID WE ARE NOT
HAVING VENTILATOR SHORTAGE
ISSUES AT THIS TIME AS PART OF
A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HEALTH
SYSTEM. WE CAN ADJUST SUPPLIES
AND PICK YOUR ADDITIONAL
EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED SO WE ARE
NOT ANTICIPATING ANY FUTURE
ISSUES REGARDING VENTILATORS
GOVERNOR DESANTIS CLARIFIED TO
REQUEST ABOUT VENTILATORS
EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN HE
SAID THAT IT WASN’T AN ISSUE.
HE SAID THAT INVOLVED
RESPIRATORS SO THERE WAS NOT.
>> TO THIS DAY ANY REQUEST
FOR RESTAURATEURS THE
MECHANICAL VENTILATORS WE’VE
BEEN GIVING THOSE OUT THE WHOLE
TIME THE 5 HOSPITALS IN THE
BAPTIST HOSPITAL CHAIN IS WHERE
WE’VE SEEN THE MOST CASES IN
OUR AREA AND THEY HAVE
SOMETHING ON STAND BY THAT SOME
MIGHT
FIND DISTURBING A REFRIGERATED
TRUCK TO HANDLE
AN INCREASE IN DEATHS, BAPTIST
ISSUED THIS STATEMENT TODAY AS
THE COVID-19
SURGE CONTINUES. WE HAVE
SECURED A REFRIGERATED TRAILERS
TO BE USED BY OUR 5 HOSPITAL
HEALTH SYSTEM
IF NEEDED. THE TRAILER IS
CURRENTLY AT OUR BAPTISTE
JACKSONVILLE CAMPUS PROACTIVE
PLANNING AND PREPARING SHOULD
NOT CAUSE ALARM OR SPECULATION
ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS IS
CRITICAL AS WE GO THROUGH THE
CURRENT COVID SURGE AND
HURRICANE SEASON.
IF YOU NEED TO GET TESTED YOU COULD DO THAT HERE AT THE CENTRAL HEALTH PLAZA UP UNTIL 7
O’CLOCK TONIGHT, YOU HAVE 50
MINUTES I GOT TO TELL YOU.
IT’S SO IMPORTANT HAVING JUST
LEARNED THAT SOMEBODY I’VE
KNOWN FOR 36 YEARS JUST PASSED
AWAY FROM THIS DISEASE. THIS IS
SOMETHING EVERYBODY STEPS THEY
NEED TO TAKE
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FOR NOW
WE’RE LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD.
JIM PIGGOTT CHANNEL 4. THE
LOCAL STATION.
>> JIM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
OUR COVERAGE OF THE CORONAVIRUS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW ON THE MORNING SHOW DOCTOR SUNIL JOSHI