PPE RELIEF WEEK
LACMA, CMA Distribute PPE to More Than 2,300 Practices Over Five Days In late July, with temperatures soaring and media buzzing about, LACMA, the California Medical Association (CMA) and local groups came together to deliver much-needed relief to local doctors’ offices, distributing $12 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and supplies to over 2,300 practices over five days.
A week of PPE distribution events kicked off at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with a long line of cars stretched around the historic site, each of the 495 drivers waiting to pick up boxes of valuable personal protective equipment. Similar scenes played out throughout the week at the Torrance, Arcadia, Culver City and Woodland Hills events, with a grand total of 2,324 physician practices receiving PPE equipment made available free of charge by the State of California. Funding for the distribution of the equipment was provided by Altais, a new healthcare services company.
“LACMA partnered with CMA, the State of California and Altais to provide the free medical-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) – including N95 and surgical masks, gowns, gloves and face shields – to small and medium-sized medical practices across the county,” said LACMA CEO Gustavo Friederichsen. Emil Ybanez with Harmony Health MD in Glendale told ABC7 that it’s been extremely difficult to find any masks during the past four months. “Our clinic does drive-through COVID testing. We go through more PPE than a regular
Volunteers help LACMA and CMA staff load PPE into physicians’ cars at the Habitat for Humanity Restore in Torrance.
