Sedgwick County’s dash for supplies to protect against COVID-19 tangled in red tape

Wichita hospitals are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment as the coronavirus pandemic continues its community spread in Sedgwick County.
But a worldwide scramble for supplies, layers of red tape and a lack of coordination are making it increasingly difficult for those supplies to get to the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, according to local and state officials.
To gear up for a surge of patients, estimated to reach Kansas later this month, Sedgwick County is pushing the Robert J. Dole Veteran’s Affairs hospital to hand over a stockpile of respiratory protective gear and medical supplies to help local hospitals and first responders fight the coronavirus.
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