SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. (KFVS) - Congressman Jason Smith celebrated the announcement of $280M in FEMA Public Assistance grants to Missouri hospitals - two recipients being from the Heartland.
The grants go to hospitals that incurred higher costs due to COVID-19.
Missouri Delta Center in Sikeston and Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau will be earning grants.
Missouri Delta Center will receive roughly $2M, and Southeast Hospital Cape Girardeau will receive roughly $3.5M.
Smith gave the following statement:
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“Missouri hospitals stepped up during COVID-19 and took on enormous costs to keep their communities safe and healthy. Requests for this public assistance were slow-walked under the Biden Administration, but the Trump Administration and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin delivered for Missouri hospitals and those who depend on them. Missouri Delta Medical Center and Southeast Hospital are lifelines for rural communities across Southeast Missouri, and this funding will provide meaningful relief to offset the increased costs they absorbed. I’m proud to see this relief finally reach the hands of the hospitals that earned it.”
The funds will go towards providing relief from the additional costs they endured during COVID-19.
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