UofL Health sends $15,000 worth of medical supplies to eastern Kentucky flood victims | News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — UofL packed quite a few packing containers of medical materials Tuesday morning for men and women impacted by flooding in jap Kentucky.

6 pallets incorporated containers of bandages, saline answer, gloves, IV kits and extra. All of it was loaded into a semi truck headed to Whitesburg, Kentucky, to aid flood victims. 

“The mission of healthcare is to provide and this is just a single of the methods that we can do it as a community,” reported Bob VanBuskirk, vice president of source chain for UofL Health. “We are aspect of this local community and element of this condition, and of program we want to support where by we can.”

UofL Wellbeing says the load of materials is value about $15,000.

The healthcare enterprise is also donating an additional $25,000 to the Red Cross.

If you’re wanting to support, here are the best businesses to use:

• Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky: Click right here to donate
• Group Japanese Kentucky Flood Aid Fund: Simply click right here to donate
• Appalachian Regional Health care Foundation Flood Aid Fund: Click on listed here to donate
  • You can also fall off cleaning supplies, non-perishable foodstuff things and water at the ARH Lexington business office at 2260 Government Push
    • Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  • You can fall off bottled water, toiletries and non-perishable at 105 Corporate Generate, Suite A in Frankfort
    • Monday by means of Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., by Aug. 5
    • Queries? Simply call 502-573-0282
• American Pink Cross in Kentucky: Click on listed here to donate
• The Louisville Bats are keeping a bottled drinking water and canned very good generate on July 31 at 1:05 p.m. The crew is also holding an on line auction for a signed Jack Harlow Bats jersey with proceeds going to the Team Kentucky Flood Relief Fund.
• Taylorsville Police Office, together with Taylorsville Group Church, Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Division, Spencer County EMS and the Spencer County Sheriffs Business
  • You can fall off bottled drinking water, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and non-perishables at Taylorsville City Hall Annex beside Metropolis Corridor at 70 Taylorsville Rd. Taylorsville, KY 40071 on July 29th, 30th and 31st involving 8:00 am and 6:00 pm.

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