New: 37 ICU beds, 81 ventilators and an indefinite delay on federal funding – all for 2.5 million people.
This is the dire situation facing the nation’s American Indians: politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
This is the dire situation facing the nation’s American Indians: politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
The Trump administration has held up $40 million in aid to Indian country for weeks amid a bureaucratic snafu.
Meanwhile, Indian Health Service officials have admitted to running a “shoestring” operation and struggled to get a handle on hospital capacity: politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
Meanwhile, Indian Health Service officials have admitted to running a “shoestring” operation and struggled to get a handle on hospital capacity: politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
Another emerging issue: Tribal organizations don’t have access to the Strategic National Stockpile, and must draw instead from a warehouse run by IHS.
So far, all the administration can offer is … expired respirators.
politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
So far, all the administration can offer is … expired respirators.
politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
Related: A Cherokee Nation man has died – just one day after testing positive for coronavirus, according to @NewsOn6
newson6.com/story/41914042…
newson6.com/story/41914042…
HHS now says the CDC will send $80 million to tribes to aid coronavirus response — but it’s still not clear where this money is coming from and when exactly it will be distributed: hhs.gov/about/news/202…
