By: Cathy A Rakowski

Cathy A Rakowski
Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:18:14 +0000

A former student of mine who is in China sent me a box by courier with 200 masks made in China which now has the virus under control. However, the tracking message that he received stating that the box was delivered to OSU. That was the day before the university shut down. As a result the box with the 200 masks was not delivered to 210 Kottman Hall--the address I had given for delivery. I have tried repeatedly to contact someone in Central Receiving which I believe would be the logical place they would have arrived for distribution. That means life-saving masks are tied up because of red tape. Since the US Postal Service continues to deliver mail, someone must be receiving mail deliveries for OSU. I have left a voicemail. I have sent emails and no one answers. I have sent messages to higher ups at OSU. Silence. Since it always was my intention to give 100 of those masks to thehospital (keeping the other half to give to students, friends, neighbors, and my very large extended family in Michigan, I now turn to the Wexner Medical Center. Surely, the knowledge that there potentially life-saving masks waiting for me or someone else to pick them up should be of interest to you. So I am appealing to you to contact someone who is authorized to release the box with the masks. Please let me know if Wexner Medical can do this. Thank you.
Cathy A Rakowski, Associate Professor with 30 years teaching at OSU... rakowski.1@osu.edu