{"id":806037,"date":"2020-04-03T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381383"},"modified":"2020-04-03T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:32:24","slug":"st-anthony-summit-medical-center-not-accepting-homemade-masks-or-ski-goggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/st-anthony-summit-medical-center-not-accepting-homemade-masks-or-ski-goggles\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Anthony Summit Medical Center not accepting homemade masks or ski goggles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N95 masks and other personal protective equipment is pictured at the Summit Community Care Clinic in Frisco on March 30, 2020.<\/strong>
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A recent story in Powder magazine<\/a><\/i> called attention to a New York City emergency physician, who asked Colorado skiers and riders to donate their goggles to help protect health care workers who are intubating patients during the new coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t go rounding up your ski gear just yet. An official from St. Anthony Summit Medical Center said the local hospital will not accept goggles. It also cannot accept homemade masks.<\/p>\n

\u201cCould that change tomorrow? Maybe,\u201d hospital communications manager Brent Boyer said. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those situations where everything is day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anything donated to the hospital must be unused, in its original packaging and medical grade. The hospital is accepting donations of the following items:<\/p>\n

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