Thanks for your hard work this week as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate. Everyone in our Downtown network and across the system is doing unbelievable work to serve our community.
You may have seen the tent on East 16th street outside the MSBI ED. This rapid evaluation tent provides a place for basic care and education for patients with mild respiratory symptoms. Having this extra space will allow us to focus our emergency and inpatient efforts on those who need it most while keeping our hospital patients and staff safe.
What I love most about the tent is the teamwork that went into setting it up and the diverse group of MSBI colleagues working there. We have nurses, providers, and other team members from Union Square and our other ambulatory sites stepping up to help our community. Their agility and compassion is inspiring.
Thank you can’t adequately capture what our health system and our city owes you. I have never been prouder to be your colleague. God bless you.