NEW YORK: With loud cheers and applause, medical staff at New York's Northwell Health network greeted 46 nurses on Tuesday (Apr 14) who had ...
Staff Nurses and administrators hold signs and wait to welcome nurses arriving from around the country to help treat coronavirus patients at the Long Island Nursing Institute in New Hyde Park, New York. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFPNEW YORK: With loud cheers and applause, medical staff at New York's Northwell Health network greeted 46 nurses on Tuesday who had arrived from all over the United States to reinforce hospitals as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Northwell, the largest healthcare provider in New York, said it had contracted medical staffing companies to help it buttress efforts to treat patients at 18 hospitals across New York City, Long Island and Westchester county.The"clap-in," with dozens of staff cheering loudly and holding signs saying"Nurses are the heart of healthcare" and"Welcome, healthcare heroes," was a surprise for the nurses who arrived on Tuesday afternoon for a half-day training session.
"It's so heartwarming to see so many nurses come from so far away to assist us in our time of need," said Maureen White, executive vice president and chief nurse executive at Northwell.
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