FEMA Awards Almost $3.2 Million to Elliot Hospital for COVID Supply Costs

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $3.2 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse Elliot Hospital for costs incurred responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $3,193,858 FEMA Public Assistance grant will reimburse the acute care facility in Manchester for the costs of purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies needed between March and December 2020, when the hospital set up a temporary facility to handle the increased patient load..

In addition to gloves, gowns, N95 masks, and bouffant caps the hospital purchased specimen lysis bags, thermometers, oxygen flowmeters, centrifuge tubes, and oxygen delivery system, and nasal swabs.

“FEMA is pleased to be able to assist Elliot Hospital with these costs,” said FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator Lori Ehrlich. “Reimbursing state, county, and municipal governments – as well as eligible non-profits and tribal entities – for the costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic is an important part of our nation’s ongoing recovery.”

FEMA’s Public Assistance program is an essential source of funding for states and communities recovering from a federally declared disaster or emergency.

So far, FEMA has provided almost $283 million in Public Assistance grants to New Hampshire to reimburse the state for pandemic-related expenses.