[Magdalen] Field Hospitals

[Grace Cangialosi]

I’m afraid you’re right, Suzie. The Diocese sent us an updated map of Virginia this week, and the entire state, except for what looked like two small orange counties, is red. No indoor or outdoor church gatherings, though we can stream or record services from church with a minimum of players. We did that for Christmas Eve, and the congregation appreciated it, but it was a lot of work, since we don’t have internet access and had to bring in a couple of hot spots. Anyway, we’ll do it every once in awhile, but not every week.

Are you at all worried about having the field hospital so close to the church?  What a mess we’re in!

Stay safe...

> On Jan 1, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Suzie Buchanan <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 7 months after taking down their field hospitals from Central Park in NYC, Samaritan’s Purse today began to erect a field hospital two blocks from my church here in Lenoir NC.   They will help with the overcrowding at 5 hospitals in nearby towns from Hickory to Boone - all of which are at capacity. 
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> 2020 may be behind us, but I fear the beginning of 2021 is going to be very very hard.  
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> Locally we still hear stories of the Miracle of Hickory from the Polio pandemic, summer of 1944.   Wednesday at noon the decision was made that they needed to open a hospital for children with polio and admitted first patients 54 hours later.  Over 500 children were treated there. I still have a survivor of that in my parish.  They had an existing stone building to start with but also used many Army tents and brought in personnel from across the country. 
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