LGBT activists have objected to an emergency field hospital set up in New York’s Central Park because it’s run by an evangelical charity. The facility was put in place to treat Covid-19 patients as the epidemic in New York ravaged the city and the surrounding region. The 68-bed crisis centre is run by Samaritan’s…
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Rohingya refugee camps are facing the possibility of a severe outbreak of diphtheria, medical staff at disaster relief organisation Samaritan’s Purse have warned. The life-threatening infection can cause difficulty with breathing and is most often airborne. Up to 10 per cent of people who are infected are likely to lose their life, and infection…
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Operation Christmas Child has begun, as thousands of churches across the UK order their resources to help deliver shoebox gifts to children across the world. Samaritan’s Purse, which began the operation in 1993, has delivered present-filled shoeboxes to more than 145 million children in more than 160 countries. The boxes are handed in at…
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