‘YOU ARE THE TRUE HEROES’
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital celebrates its health care workers with long round of applause
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 8-MAY 14, 2020 13
BY QNS STAFF
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
celebrated it’s health
care workers on National
Superheroes Day with lunch
and a round of applause that
lasted an hour and a half.
The Far Rockaway hospital’s
senior management
and executives lined up
around the hospital’s main
entrance, while observing
social distancing guidelines,
and began to clap at 7 a.m.,
on Tuesday, April 28.
“It’s been a rough two
months,” said Jerry Walsh,
CEO of St. John’s Episcopal.
Speaking to his staff, Walsh
said, “you are the true heroes,
and as we recognize
you on National Superheroes
Day, know that we appreciate
each and every one of you every
day all year round.”
Several elected officials
and a group of costumed
superheroes joined the celebration
to honor the healthcare
workers who have been
working in an area hit particularly
hard by the COVID-
19 outbreak.
“The health care workers
clocking in every day to our
hospitals and health centers
are nothing short of heroes,”
said Congressman Gregory
Meeks. “Our nation owes
them all a bottomless debt
of gratitude and a great deal
more for their bravery and
self-sacrifice.”
Councilmen Donovan
Richards and Eric Ulrich
were also at St. John’s Episcopal
to celebrate frontline
workers.
“As healthcare workers,
you are the true heroes.
Each day you risk your lives
to saves others,” Richards
said.
“Our office is doing everything
we can to support
the dedicated medical professionals
on the front lines
of this crisis. This was just
another opportunity to show
our support,” Ulrich said. Courtesy of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
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