Masks Donated by Chinese UMD-GEOG Alumni Delivered to Prince George's County Hospital

hospital staff receive masks

Last week the Department of Geographical Sciences received a generous donation of over 17,000 surgical masks from Chinese scholars who either graduated from Geographical Sciences or worked in the Department as visiting scholars, in support of efforts to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in our community. Thanks to the Department's strong collaboration with many Chinese academic institutions and a wonderful base of international alumni, this donation was forwarded along to the Prince George's County Hospital to provide aid for healthcare workers on the front line of the pandemic.

 

hospital mask donation
Staff at the PG County Hospital were happy to receive a much-needed donation of 15,000 masks.

 

Representatives from the Prince George's County Hospital said that the masks would be put to immediate use for staff and patients and noted that, "It's absolutely amazing to have support from all the way across the world...This really helps our community in the fight against covid-19." In a video sent by hospital staff, the Chief Policy Officer and the Director of the Emergency Department extend their gratitude and express that they have been trying to find ways to keep the staff, inpatients, and outpatients protected and that this donation will serve not only the hospital but the broader community.

 

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The full list of universities and research institutes the donors are associated with or graduated from:

  • Aalto University
  • Beihang University
  • Beijing Climate Change Research Centre
  • Beijing Forestry University
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Beijing Normal University
  • Central China Normal University
  • Changjiang Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources
  • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
  • Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aerospace Information Research Institute
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Science
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Conservancy, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment
  • Chinese Academy of Surveying and mapping
  • Hohai University
  • Ministry of Ecology and Environment Center for Satellite Application on Ecology and Environment
  • Nanjing University
  • Peking University
  • Shandong University
  • Shandong University of Science and Technology
  • Sun Yat-sen University
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Science and Technology Beijing
  • Wuhan University
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

 

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Published on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 17:09