‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘The Resident’ Donate Medical Supplies to Hospitals Fighting Coronavirus

The doctors of Grey’s Anatomy may be fictional, but they’re taking very real steps to help patients and doctors affected by coronavirus. This week, multiple television medical dramas, including Grey’s, The Resident, and The Good Doctor, donated masks, gloves, and gowns to nearby hospitals experiencing a shortage of supplies needed to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are all overwhelmed with gratitude for our healthcare workers during this incredibly difficult time,” the Grey’s Anatomy team told Entertainment Weekly in a statement.

This week, Dr. Karen Law, a rheumatologist at Grady Hospital near Atlanta, revealed that staff from Fox’s The Resident had dropped off boxes of much-needed personal protective equipment, or PPE. The Resident films in the Atlanta area, but production is currently shut down out of an abundance of caution for coronavirus.

“To the entire team at The Resident, thank you for this incredibly generous donation of PPE from your set, including gowns, masks, gloves, and all the things our healthcare workers need to provide safe care for our community during COVID-19,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “This kind of community support means so much to our frontline providers who are making many sacrifices to staff our hospitals and care for our community.”

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"Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." . To the entire team @theresidentonfox, thank you for this incredibly generous donation of #PPE from your set, including gowns, masks, gloves, and all the things our healthcare workers need to provide safe care for our community during #COVID19. . Yesterday, I had a serious discussion with the residents about how, though supplies are low, a magical shipment of masks is unlikely to arrive. And yet, a magical shipment of masks DID arrive, in the form of this very generous gesture. This kind of community support means so much to our #frontlineproviders who are making many sacrifices to staff our hospitals and care for our community. . Thank you, @theresidentonfox and @foxtv for being helpers. We needed this kind of good news today. . PS: Sorry it's not a great pic, but the focus was not on the photo at the time. Similarly, the team @theresidentonfox are good citizens doing good deeds and not looking for a shout out. Though I encourage all to support The Resident and the great team behind the show and to pay their good deed forward any way you can. . #Hurstlife #residentlife #emoryIMresidents #lookforthehelpers #gratitude

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The Resident‘s good deed immediately went viral, and soon, other medical dramas announced similar plans to donate supplies. According to Entertainment Weekly, ABC’s The Good Doctor will donate unused PPE to Vancouver-area hospitals, and Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 has given N95 masks to the City of Ontario Fire Department.

On Thursday night, Grey’s Anatomy proper followed suit and announced that it will be donating PPE to Los Angeles area hospitals (the ABC drama takes place in Seattle, but it films at a studio in Los Feliz, California). “At Grey’s Anatomy, we have a backstock of gowns and gloves which we are donating as well,” the show told EW. “We are all overwhelmed with gratitude for our healthcare workers during this incredibly difficult time, and in addition to these donations, we are doing our part to help them by staying home.”

As always, listen to the (fake) doctors: if you’re hoarding medical supplies, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, etc., consider donating some to local hospitals and the places that need them most.

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