“My sister fell ill right before Christmas on December 17, 2019, and she was taken to Mount Sini West, where she passed away March 13. The Intensive Care Unit team that cared for her were exemplary! Jean, Tom, Donna, Petra, Lydia, Yvonne, Marvin, James Salonia, MD; Vicki Shanker, MD; Joseph Mathew, MD, Director of the ICU; and nameless others in that unit. The ninth floor nurses and Patient Care Associates Christina, Margaret, Carol, Chana, and others whose names I sadly cannot recall. Kelly Manon from Food Services, who delivered more than a guest meal; she always managed to deliver a smile whenever she came around! The Food Services team that worked in the cafeteria; always so pleasant whenever my family and I came through for a meal, especially Luke at the sandwich station. Rita Ferrans, RN, in hospice, who tended to my sister in her last moments. I cannot thank everyone enough for their time and efforts, and the concern and love that they showed to my sister and family! I will always be thankful for all that you tried to do to save her.
A special thanks to the late Max Forbes, MD, and Jorge Buxton, MD, and most recently to Paul Sidoti, MD, Professor and Deputy Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System, for preserving what eyesight my sister had left. Dr. Sidoti was an integral part in her last days, in that he made sure she always had all the eye drops that she needed while she was a patient in Mount Sinai West.”
—Sarah Arthurton-Preston