Comments on: Doctor Writes Local Politicians about the Dire Need for Help. https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/04/10/doctor-writes-local-politicians-about-the-dire-need-for-help/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:23:09 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Deanne Martin-Soares https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/04/10/doctor-writes-local-politicians-about-the-dire-need-for-help/#comment-43291 Deanne Martin-Soares Sat, 11 Apr 2020 05:47:07 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=32102#comment-43291 For the first time since this started I had a panic attack two nights ago about my inability to get gloves ordered from all the places I have ordered through these past years. We have been having masks made for a few weeks. My mother has made a few hundred and we have employees making them. Gloves are so critical for what we do, many clients we care for are incontinent. COVID is nothing compared to other disease. I can’t see anyone cleaning stool without gloves. We were blessed the next day to find a local company in Tulare that sold us some and said we could return. I will be forever grateful and won’t be ordering from these big suppliers any more. I will stay local in the future. If the supply chain doesn’t open up you will see more providers abandon people. The fear of no PPE is real. For the first time since this started I had a panic attack two nights ago about my inability to get gloves ordered from all the places I have ordered through these past years. We have been having masks made for a few weeks. My mother has made a few hundred and we have employees making them.

Gloves are so critical for what we do, many clients we care for are incontinent. COVID is nothing compared to other disease. I can’t see anyone cleaning stool without gloves.

We were blessed the next day to find a local company in Tulare that sold us some and said we could return. I will be forever grateful and won’t be ordering from these big suppliers any more. I will stay local in the future.

If the supply chain doesn’t open up you will see more providers abandon people. The fear of no PPE is real.

]]> By: Karen Wallen https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/04/10/doctor-writes-local-politicians-about-the-dire-need-for-help/#comment-43278 Karen Wallen Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:17:40 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=32102#comment-43278 I have shared this story with friends. Monday I will make phone calls. I have shared this story with friends. Monday I will make phone calls.

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