I want to highlight two groups who have shown nonstop courage and dedication behind the scenes during this pandemic.
Our environmental services team has always had an absolutely vital role in keeping our patients and our employees safe. Now, their job is even more important and, in many ways, more complicated. Keeping our facility safe and cleaning the rooms during a patient’s stay and between each patient is some of the very most important work here on our campus. Where would we be without our EVS colleagues? Here are some of the members of our EVS team:
I recently heard about one EVS team member going above and beyond on 10 Linsky. Walkiria Zamora has been taking care of the nurses there who just arrived from all around the country to help us. You can read more about her here.
Our transporters are also vital members of our MSBI family. In the time that they spend with our patients, they always go the extra mile to put smiles on their faces, to make them feel safer, and to connect in other ways. I’m so proud of them for being so present and compassionate.
Both EVS team members and transporters spend a lot of time in PPE and interact with our patients daily. They have been agile as we rapidly expand in response to the pandemic. They have openly welcomed additional staff to their team from perioperative and CSPD services, NYEE, Union Square, and outside agencies. So many of our patients cannot have regular outside visitors and our own staff have stepped in as best as possible to fill those voids. We could not be more grateful for their generosity and compassion.
There are many more heroes and I will continue to share these amazing stories.