watchers to help us understand just how grave this crisis may be getting we're joined today by dr abe malcolm a practicing physician entrepreneur and medical director of an end home i.v. hydration service welcome are you ok i want to start dr asking you in light of this current flu outbreak the you know we're talking about in california new york you know they're facing is any of the current issues of you know affecting i.v. fluid supply lines and production stemming from the devastation hurricane maria and others caused to puerto rico and other medical suppliers in the caribbean last fall they're getting affected by this. certainly you know there's top three production companies one of them being baxter has most of their production capacity based out of puerto rico they represent about sixty percent of the total fluid market and they've been pretty much wiped out or drastically reduced in terms of their production could get capacity. due to that hospitals across the country are facing a shortage of i.v. fluids and being forced to use other methods of providing fluids to patients whether being