Local Chinese community donates needed medical supplies

Some much-needed medical supplies are arriving at hospitals here in the valley.

All this, thanks to the local Chinese community mobilizing.

Jeremy Chen reports.

THEY'VE MADE...AND WHY THEY WERE COMPELLED TOHELP."MEMBERS OF THE CHINESECOMMUNITY CAME TO UMC TO MAKE AGENEROUS DONATION TO THEDOCTORS AND NURSES HERE AT UMCTO FILL A CRITICAL NEED." PKGNATS NEEDED DONATIONS BEINGDELIVERED AT U-M-C- AS BOXES OFMASKS ARE DROPPED OFF.IT'S ALL THANKS TO MEMBERS OFTHE CHINESE COMMUNITY GETTINGTOGETHER- AFTER SENDING MASKSTO WUHAN IN THE EARLY DAYS OFTHE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.JIA MEI WANG, LOCAL SALESMANAGER "I FEEL LIKE MOREPEOPLE PARTICIPATEDTHAN WUHAN BECAUSE THIS IS OURHOME, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TOHELP THE DOCTORS AND NURSES INTOWN.JIA MEI WANG IS A SALES MANAGERIN CHINATOWN.SHE MOBILIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERSTHROUGH WECHAT-A CHINESE SOCIALMEDIA PLATFORM.WITHIN DAYS SHE WAS ABLE TORAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ANDDELIVER 50,000 MASKS TODIFFERENT LOCAL HOSPITALS.U-M-C IS GETTING THE LARGESTDONATION WITH 30,00 SURGICALMASKS AND 500 N95 MASKS."SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK DAYAND NIGHT TO GET THE SUPPLIESTO THE PEOPLE." GOVERNORSISOLAK IS PRAISING THEIREFFORTS--- AFTER STRESSING THENEED FOR MORE PROTECTIVEEQUIPMENT FOR HOSPITALS- ANDWAITING ON NEEDED SUPPLIES FROMTHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.GOV.SISOLAK "I WAS JUST NOTIFIEDTHAT THE CHINESE/ASIAN AMERICANCOMMUNITY HAS DONATED THOUSANDSOF MASKS TO VARIOUS HOSPITALSAND PROVIDERS AND I THANK THEMFOR THAT." WORKERS AT U-M-C SAYTHE DONATIONS COME AT ACRITICAL TIME- WITH NEEDEDSUPPLIES HARD TO COME BY AROUNDTHE COUNTRY.ALEX LIN, UMC MEDICAL RESIDENT"THE NEED IS BECOMING MORE ANDMORE DURING THIS TIME AND WE'REPRETTY CLOSE TO RUNNING OUT OFALL THESE MASKS AND SO IANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO HAVEMORE SHORTAGES IN THE COMINGFEW WEEKS." WITH THE SUPPLIESIN TOW- IT'S A TEAM EFFORT TOHELP FIGHT THE VIRUS."THEY REALLY JUST WANT TO HELPUS AND KEEP US SAFE AND TO MAKESURE THAT THE HEALTHCAREPROVIDERS ON THE FRONT LINESCONTINUE HELPING PATIENTS ASTHEY COME THROUGH." LOOKLIVEOUT OTHER HOSPITALS LIKEDIGNITY HEALTH AND SUNRISE AREALSO ASKING FOR DONATIONS OFMEDICAL SUPPLIES.COMING UP AT 6:30, WE'RE GOINGTO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AT HOWTHIS ACT OF GENEROSITY ISHELPING IN THE FIGHT AGAINSTASIAN AMERICAN DISCRIMINATION.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.WITH NEVADA'S WORLD-FAMOUS