Just some of the (at home) life support equipment in use today:
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Kidney dialysis machine
Apnea monitor for infants (24 months and under)
Oxygen concentrator
Ventilator
Pressure breathing therapy
Infusion feeding pump
Peritoneal dialysis machine
Respirator
These power outages must be a trial balloon by the democrat’s to reduce the costs of their proposed health care plan.
Reading disabled activist tweets #PSPS and folks were very upset. No resources for the disabled or medically challeneged, if that is such a term. In the city of Berekely for example, the city told the disabled they were left to their own resources and if it was a problem...go to the emergecny room.
Two issues here, one being is that disabled are many times on the lower rungs financially...and two, emergency rooms are not equipped to handle such an influx.
I happen to know that in Berkeley there is a Neighborhood Radio Watch group. I sugested to one of the activists to partner with them. It will take neighbors helping neighbors in a situation like this...one can not rely upon government.
I wrote the activist that a plan needs to be developed and its fine to ask PG and E for funding for specific equipment to carry out the plan...
I don’t know if the activist wants to rail against government to do something or will actually begin to create a self help plan...
I understand the issue here and it really isn’t a pretty one. A local government has only so many resources for transportation, etc and each of the disabled has particular needs. We will see what happens...