Some metro area hospitals are asking for help with donations for critical items that are now starting to run low.
"This is one of those cases where truly every little bit helps," Tracy Madden-McMahon with the Methodist Hospital Foundation tells 6 News hospitals in Omaha, Council Bluffs and Fremont are in critical need of several medical tools to help doctors and nurses continue to treat people safely. "N-95 masks, face masks and shields, goggles, isolations gowns and hand sanitizers."
She says their frontline staff is working around the clock to provide lifesaving services and doing their best to manage supplies carefully.
"I think everyone is concerned because we're in unchartered territory. We don't have something to look back on and say well from our experience we know because we're learning on the job each and every day," Madden-McMahon tells 6 News.
But she says Omahans are known for asking how they can help. "When we work together we're able to figure out those solutions to those problems and that's why this is so important," said Madden-McMahon.
Drop-off locations:
Inside the main entrance at Methodist Health System’s corporate office located south of 169th and West Dodge.
- Drop off hours are from 9 am – 3 pm, Monday – Friday.
- If you have additional inquiries, please call (402) 354-4533.
·In Council Bluffs, please call (712) 890-5365.
·In Fremont, please call (402) 727-3566. Methodist Fremont Health is also accepting cards, new/unopened snacks, and crossword and dot-to-dot books for the residents at Dunklau Gardens.