The Pennsylvania Satellite News Service will provide a digital satellite video feed between 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. (15:15 - 15:30 Eastern) today, Monday, Feb. 1, of Governor Edward G. Rendell outlining plans for Pennsylvania to provide medical and humanitarian care for some critically injured Haitian earthquake victims.
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The Governor noted that the state departments of Health, Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency are coordinating planning efforts to receive Haitian patients in response to the federal government's request. The Department of Health is working to identify hospitals willing to accept earthquake victims. Pennsylvania hospitals have already been participating in both outbound and inbound medical humanitarian missions.
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The Governor was joined at the news conference by Department of Health Secretary Everette James and Carolyn F. Scanlan, president and CEO of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
Feed coordinates are:
EVENT: Governor Rendell - Haiti Relief Efforts
DATE: Monday, Feb. 1, 2010
TIME: 15:15 to 15:30 (Eastern)
FORMAT: 16 x 9
SATELLITE: AMC - 5 (KU-Band - DIGITAL)
TRANSPONDER: K 08
CHANNEL: A (9Mhz)
SYM RATE: 6.380 msps
FEC: 5/6
BIT RATE: 9.799346
DOWNLINK POL: Horizontal
DOWNLINK FREQ: 11912.50 MHz
AUDIO: 6.2 / 6.8
TROUBLE: 717-772-4282
Media contact: Governor's Press Office, 717-783-1116
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Feb. 1/
SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor
