When Covid Meets Hurricanes

The challenge of the pharmaceutical company Baxter International Inc to ensure adequate supply of its saline solution in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and with another hurricane season that threaten Puerto Rico is featured. It chronicles how Hurricane Maria that devastated the island crippled Baxter to manufacture saline solution, an essential hospital supply. It notes how the looming confluence of bad weather and a deadly global pandemic has the medical world increasingly on edge. Hospitals rely heavily on saline solution-filled pouches to deliver medications such as antibiotics and painkillers, as well as to hydrate patients. It also mentions how the lessons learned from Maria have helped the company build a more resilient supply chain.