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Foundation donates $1.3 million worth of personal protective equipment to West Virginia hospitals

By Nate Doughty – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times

WPXI Hospital Donation The donation includes hundreds of thousands of masks, N95 respirators, gowns, and tens of thousands of goggles and disposable suits. (Pittsburgh Business Times) (ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK)

By Nate Doughty – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times

The Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust, a private foundation based in Morgantown, West Virginia, announced it purchased $1.3 million worth of personal protective equipment for donation to West Virginia hospitals according to a press release from the organization.

The donation, which was coordinated through the West Virginia University Health System, included 1,149,000 procedural masks, 163,025 surgical masks, 116,120 N95 respirators, 290,180 disposable gowns, 29,400 pairs of protective goggles and glasses and 40,000 disposable suits.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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