CHARLOTTE, NC – In the immediate aftermath of Melissa, the staff at the North Carolina based Samaritan’s Purse were wings up with supplies for people living amongst the destruction.

Samaritan’s Purse medical director for the field hospital there, Peter Holz said,” Just the widespread path that the hurricane left spared nothing,”

Melissa claimed the lives of 32 people alone in Jamaica.

Damaging winds and floodwaters left the infrastructure destroyed where Melissa made landfall in Black River, including the city’s hospital, that’s where Peter Holz and the team with Samaritan’s Purse stepped in.

Holz said, “the hospital here in Black River it’s 100% unfunctional for all intents and purposes.”

Their impact so far has been massive, between their field hospital and medical field teams Sa

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