Ottawa continued to auction off stockpiled medical supplies to the public, even after the World Health Organization requested the protective gear amid an Ebola outbreak raging in West Africa.
Sales of so-called Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which includes surgical masks and isolation gowns, also apparently took place despite requests that are said to have been made this summer via both Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the U.S. and a Canadian aid organization for donations to equip front-line health-care workers. And some of the low-priced auctioned gear landed in the hands of entrepreneurs who then tried to hawk the items for a profit.
READ MORE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/ottawa-auctioned-masks-gowns-as-ebola-outbreak-raged-in-west-africa/article21160649/
Sales of so-called Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which includes surgical masks and isolation gowns, also apparently took place despite requests that are said to have been made this summer via both Sierra Leone’s ambassador to the U.S. and a Canadian aid organization for donations to equip front-line health-care workers. And some of the low-priced auctioned gear landed in the hands of entrepreneurs who then tried to hawk the items for a profit.
READ MORE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/ottawa-auctioned-masks-gowns-as-ebola-outbreak-raged-in-west-africa/article21160649/
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