CAPACITY,
CAPACITY, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER, DEPLETING MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
LOCAL DOCTORS SAY THEY WILL RUN
OUT AND RUN OUT SOON.
>> Reporter: AMID A BIG GLOBAL
PANDEMIC, IT LITERALLY IS THE
LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE DOCTORS
AND POLITICIANS FEARING THE
WORST.
WORST.
WORST. THE PRESIDENT HERE TALKING
ABOUT MASKS.
ABOUT MASKS. >> WE ORDERED MILLIONS OF THEM,
BUT WE NEED MILLIONS MORE.
A THING LIKE THIS HAS NOT BEEN
REQUESTED, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD
TO THINK IN TERMS OF THESE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. >> Reporter: THIS MORNING, THE
PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED THEY
SHORTED MEDICAL MASKS, GLOVES,
AND PERSONAL EQUIPMENT.
THEY ARE ALSO WARNING THE
SHORTAGE OF BEEN THE LEADERS.
THE SOCIETY OF PARA-MEDICINE
HAS PROJECTED 960,000 AMERICANS
WILL NEED TO BE PUT ON
VENTILATORS DURING THIS
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. THE U.S. ONLY HAS ABOUT
200,000.
200,000.
200,000. PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS MORNING
ANNOUNCED HE HAS EVOKED THE
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO BUY
AND PRODUCE MEDICAL SUPPLIES OF
ALL KINDS AS IF WE NEED THEM
FOR WAR.
FOR WAR.
FOR WAR. >> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN
INSTANCE LIKE THIS WHERE NO
MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE, IT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. KAISER PERMANENTE CONFIRMED IT
IS CLOSING 11 CLINICS IN THE
AREA STARTING TOMORROW.
WE GOT THIS LIST LATE TODAY.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA FEEDS RIGHT NOW.
SOME APPOINTMENTS WILL BE
POSTPONED, OTHERS WILL BE MOVED
TO VIRTUAL VISITS.
THE MAIN GOAL IS TO PRESERVE
THE SUPPLIES FOR DOCTORS
TREATING COVID-19 PATIENTS.
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KAISER
CAME AFTER THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND THIS
DIRE WARNING FROM JENNIFER
LEVINE.
LEVINE.
LEVINE. >> WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE WAY
WE ARE USING THEM NOW,
CURRENTLY WHAT WE CALL AT A
BURN RATE, SUPPLIES WILL BE
DEPLETED IN POSSIBLY TWO WEEKS.
>> Reporter: THAT IS A LOCAL
AREA PREDICTION.
AREA PREDICTION. STATEWIDE THERE IS A STOCKPILE
OF THIS STUFF, BUT THE OREGON
HEALTH CONFIRMS IT IS RUNNING
DROP YOUR DOCTORS HAVE ALREADY
USED 28% OF THE IN 95 OR
RESPIRATORY MASKS, 63% OF
SURGICAL MASKS, AND 83% OF
SURGICAL GALS.
SURGICAL GALS. IT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE IN
OTHER INDUSTRIES WANT TO PITCH
IN.
IN.
IN. >>
IN. >> WE
IN. >> WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A CASE
A FEW DAYS AGO.
WE MET AN AESTHETICIAN AND
OWNER OF BUBBLING STUDIO IN
NORTHWEST PORTLAND, SHE HAS
BOXES OF MEDICAL GRADE GLOVES,
MASKS, AND DISINFECTANT WIPES
THAT SHE NOW CAN'T USE.
LAST NIGHT, SHE PUT A CALL OUT
ONE SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING FOR
OTHERS IN THE SAME BOAT WHO CAN
HELP, AT A TIME WHEN PAYCHECKS
HAVE FLAT-OUT STOPPED, NO ONE
IS THINKING TWICE ABOUT
DONATING.
DONATING.
DONATING. >> I KNOW THIS WILL BE
DEVASTATING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN OUR INDUSTRY.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN CONTRIBUTE
AND HELP THE MEDICAL FIELD GET
THIS UNDER CONTROL A LITTLE
EASIER AND FASTER SO WE CAN GO
BACK AND DO WHAT WE LOVE AND
HELPING OUR CLIENTS.
>> JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY,
TYPICALLY THIS WILL BE WHERE
MAGGIE AND I ARE IN THE STUDIO
TALKING ABOUT OUR STORY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REPORTERS
WORKING REMOTELY. SHE JOINS US
NOW FROM HER APARTMENT,
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. JUST THIS AFTERNOON, MAGGIE, WE
SAW LATE DEVELOPMENTS AND
THINGS ACTUALLY START TO COME
TOGETHER IN THIS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT?
>> AS YOU HEARD IN THAT PIECE,
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN MEDICAL FIELDS THAT
WANT TO DONATE.
WE JUST FOUND OUT FROM THE
COUNTY, THEY ARE OPENING UP
LOCATIONS STARTING TOMORROW
MORNING TO DO THAT.
THE PORTLAND FIRE LOGISTICS
WAREHOUSE AT SOUTHEAST 13th AND
GIDEON, 1300 SOUTHEAST GIDEON,
AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT
619 NORTHWEST SIXTH AVENUE,
ACROSS FROM UNION STATION.
THOSE ARE TWO LOCATIONS
STARTING TOMORROW, OPEN
BASICALLY NORMAL BUSINESS
HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE
APPLIES CAN COME AND DROP THEM
OFF OR THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
TO LOCAL HOSPITALS IN THE
PORTLAND METRO AREA.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
WE WERE ALSO TOLD EARLIER TODAY
THE GOVERNOR, K BROWN, IS
WORKING ON A SIMILAR SYSTEM TO
IMPACT HOSPITALS STATEWIDE TO
HELP THEM WITH SHORTAGES.
SHE HAS NOT MADE A FINAL OR,
WITH THE DETAILS. WE DON'T HAVE
A TIMELINE ON THAT, BUT WHEN WE
FIND OUT HOW THAT WILL WORK, WE
WILL HONESTLY LET EVERYONE
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. >>
KNOW. >> YOU AT HOME, WONDERING
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, HAVE THEY
SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> WE DO.
>> WE DO.
>> WE DO. >> I WANT TO REITERATE THIS TO
EVERYONE AT HOME, I KNOW
SOMEBODY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO
HELP OUT.
HELP OUT.
HELP OUT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL
GRADE EQUIPMENT, RIGHT?
>> THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOUR
CLEANING GLOVES ARE NEEDED.
THIS IS MEDICAL GRADE SUPPLIES.
LIKE THE WOMAN YOU SAW ON THE
PIECE, SHE IS AN AESTHETICIAN
AND HAS GLOVES OF THE STANDARD.
SHE HAD THEM SITTING IN THE
BACK ROOM AND SHE IS HEARING
ABOUT THE SHORTAGE AND SHE'S
LIKE I DON'T NEED THESE RIGHT
NOW, LET ME GIVE THESE TO THE
MEDICAL DOCTORS ON THE
FRONTLINE.
FRONTLINE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >>
ABOUT. >> TO EVERYONE AT HOME, PLEASE