Hundreds of crutches donated to Cook Children’s hospital
FORT WORTH, Texas - People across Texas answered the call for crutches.
Hundreds were donated to Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth after the hospital asked for help. Some donations came from as far away as west Texas.
The hospital blames the global supply chain crisis for a shortage of aluminum and new crutches.
"All of this kind of comes back to the shortage of aluminum," said Brady Gendke, the Cook Children’s vice president of operations. "And while we have not faced any shortages as of yet, we are being notified of the back orders that are coming."
Cook Children’s said it uses about 70 pairs of crutches per week.
It is still accepting donations of new or gently used aluminum crutches of all sizes, especially youth sizes, through Friday.
Donations can be dropped off at the hospital’s main entrance.
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