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    LTR To Gov - Remdesivir PDF

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    The chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners wrote a letter to the governor requesting more of the drug Remdesivir to help local hospitals. Pinellas County is seeing a large increase in COVID-19 cases, deaths, patients on ventilators and in the ICU. The county has a large senior population that is particularly impacted. Local hospitals are running low on Remdesivir and have difficulty obtaining enough, including having trouble getting it for one of their own doctors who needed it. The letter stresses the urgent need for more Remdesivir to save lives during the pandemic.

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    The chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners wrote a letter to the governor requesting more of the drug Remdesivir to help local hospitals. Pinellas County is seeing a large increase in COVID-19 cases, deaths, patients on ventilators and in the ICU. The county has a large senior population that is particularly impacted. Local hospitals are running low on Remdesivir and have difficulty obtaining enough, including having trouble getting it for one of their own doctors who needed it. The letter stresses the urgent need for more Remdesivir to save lives during the pandemic.

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    The chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners wrote a letter to the governor requesting more of the drug Remdesivir to help local hospitals. Pinellas County is seeing a large increase in COVID-19 cases, deaths, patients on ventilators and in the ICU. The county has a large senior population that is particularly impacted. Local hospitals are running low on Remdesivir and have difficulty obtaining enough, including having trouble getting it for one of their own doctors who needed it. The letter stresses the urgent need for more Remdesivir to save lives during the pandemic.

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    LTR To Gov - Remdesivir PDF

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    The chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners wrote a letter to the governor requesting more of the drug Remdesivir to help local hospitals. Pinellas County is seeing a large increase in COVID-19 cases, deaths, patients on ventilators and in the ICU. The county has a large senior population that is particularly impacted. Local hospitals are running low on Remdesivir and have difficulty obtaining enough, including having trouble getting it for one of their own doctors who needed it. The letter stresses the urgent need for more Remdesivir to save lives during the pandemic.

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    PINELLAS COUNTY

    BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


    PHONE (727) 464-3360 • FAX (727) 464-3022 • 315 COURT STREET • CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33756
    www.pinellascounty.org

    PAT GERARD
    CHAIR

    July 24, 2020


     
    Governor Ron DeSantis
    The Capitol
    400 S. Monroe St.
    Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

    Dear Governor DeSantis:


     
    On behalf of the Pinellas County Commissioners, I am writing to ask for your help. As you know, our local
    hospitals are in desperate need for more of the lifesaving drug Remdesivir. We appreciate your recent efforts
    to procure 30,000 vials for Florida and your efforts to obtain another 11,000 to assist our hospitals. At our last
    Board of County Commissioners meeting, our Pinellas County hospital leaders indicated how helpful the use of
    this drug has been but also how difficult it has been to obtain sufficient quantities.

    Pinellas currently has 364 deaths due to Covid, 65% of which have occurred in the last 4 weeks, which is a
    huge concern. We currently have 67 patients on ventilators and 106 patients in the ICU both specifically due to
    Covid. These numbers continue to trend up. We also have a much older population than other counties. With
    over 250 long term care facilities and over 13,000 residents, the impact on our senior population is significant.
    Our medical professionals are doing all they can including using convalescent plasma but advise the demand
    for Remdesivir is high.

    We can not stress enough the need for Remdesivir. We recently had one of our own Pinellas County doctors
    who needed Remdesivir, but the hospital ran out. It was a challenge to obtain the drug for him from a sister
    hospital. Our staff meets with hospital leadership several times per week. They continue to advise that the
    shortage of Remdesivir along with the lack of medical personnel has created life and safety issues during this
    pandemic.

    The challenges this pandemic presents is stressful for everyone and I do appreciate the challenges to meet
    everyone’s needs. I also want to express our spincere thank you for the testing site the State assisted with in St.
    Petersburg. Any assistance you could provide in supporting our local hospitals with Remdesivir would be
    appreciated and will save lives.

    Sincerely,

    Patricia S. Gerard, Chair


    Pinellas County Commission

    “PINELLAS COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER” PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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