PENN-Up for Wuhan

We are a multi-disciplinary team of students at the University of Pennsylvania coming together to raise money for the frontline medical teams fighting against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Hubei Province in China.

The Coronavirus outbreak over the last 1.5 months has exceeded the scale of SARS in 2003, leading to over 60,000 confirmed cases and more than 1000 deaths. As WHO raises the risk assessment to high, the healthcare workers in Hubei Province are facing tremendous medical demand but with close-to-no personal protective equipment. As of Feb 14, 1,716 medical workers has been infected, including 1,502 in Wuhan; 6 has died. The source of the outbreak remains to be effectively contained; the global threat runs high.

This is a perilous time. The need for public support- your support, is never greater. Your help will not only impact the thousands of patients and healthcare workers across the Pacific, but protect your loved ones and countless others close by. This is an issue that transcends ethnicity and geographic locations. It is a worldwide crisis that is only getting worse by the minute. 

As students coming from humble backgrounds, we understand that each and every one of you also have daily challenges of your own. Thus, we would like to pledge to remain transparent and efficient, valuing your every donation, no matter how big or small. 

As individuals with deep ties and connections in the affected regions, we are fully aware of the barriers to medical aid delivery in current times. But we have done diligent research to identify trustworthy and effective means to deliver supplies to the most needed places, and will provide timely updates going forward. We ask for your trust and prayers as we all embark on this journey.

Thank You!, 
Team Penn.

If you have any question, please let us know - we'd love to hear from you!
Team:             [email redacted]
David Mui:  [email redacted]nn.edu
Jing Luan:    [email redacted]nn.edu


Update:
Thank you all for your thoughtful donations. Given the circumstances of this pandemic and its effects on the supply chain inthe US, we have decided to directly donate our proceeds to Huanggang Hospital in the outskirts of Wuhan. Huanggang Hospital was one of the most severely affected hospitals with severe disparities in resource allocation for its patients. We havebeen in contact with the leadership and CEO of Huanggang Hospital (Ms. Zhou) on directly donating funds (via Wire Transfer) to the institution. Funds will be spent on medical supply purchases and patient care expenditures as documented by the hospital).

I will be personally withdrawing the funds from this GoFundMe and wiring, via Western Union, the amount to Huanggang Hospital.



我们是宾夕法尼亚大学的学生，来自医学领域的不同专业，有着不同背景和肤色。

自从新型冠状病毒肺炎开始流行，我们一直心系湖北疫情发展，也时时为一线工作者的牺牲奉献所感动着。
看到当下湖北医疗耗材极度紧缺，千千万万医学工作者在一线形同裸站，我们心如刀割。

我们于此向宾大各个群体和费城各界爱心人士发出呼吁，希望您给予支持。在这次疫情暴发的面前，我们都有共同的责任和义务伸出援手。我们的支持在帮助远方几百万无辜的百姓和医护人员同时，也为自己和身边家人朋友的生命安全提供保障。

我们对当前武汉援助物资的运输困难深有了解。为了确保物资顺利到达湖北各地，我们会把医疗物品交付给援汉医疗队，由他们亲自带到一线病房门诊。

作为在校和离开校园不久的年轻人，我们对生活压力有着自己的感受，也知道您的每一分捐献都来之不易。我们会尽力确保这次捐款的透明度和有效性，即时公示筹款金额及物资去向，请大家审核监督。

谢谢！

您若有问题或建议，敬请联络我们的邮箱：
[email redacted] (团队）
[email redacted]nn.edu (David)
[email redacted]nn.edu (栾璟）