Winona Post, Winona Daily News: MSC Southeast donates supplies, equipment to local hospitals

Winona Post: MSC SE donates COVID supplies, equipment to local hospitals

April 22, 2020

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, on-campus instruction at MSC Southeast has been suspended for the remainder of spring semester. Nursing and health care coursework has been adapted to online and distance learning opportunities.

That means the nursing simulation labs at the college, which closely represent real hospital settings, aren't in use right now. The equipment in these labs doesn't just look real - it is real - and it could be used to help real patients at area hospitals. 

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Winona Daily News: Minnesota State College Southeast donates medical equipment to Winona Health, Mayo Clinic in Red Wing

Josh DeLaRosa, April 17, 2020

Since in-person classes have been suspended in compliance with Gov. Walz's stay-at-home order and social distancing mandate, the nursing simulation labs at Minnesota State College Southeast have not been in use.

The college has announced it had donated 10 hospital beds and eight nightstands to Winona Health, as well as 29 pairs of goggles and 3,000 gloves. In addition, 68 masks were donated to Winona County.

The donation does not stop in Winona, though, as the college's Red Wing campus donated 10 hospital beds, six nightstands, eight swing bed trays and six IV poles to Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, according to the release.  

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