POLICE UNIONS DELIVER FOOD TO
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
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eral weeks. This is our
small way of showing
our Jamaica Hospital
sisters and brothers
that we haven’t forgotten
the professionalism
and support they show
us every time we walk
through their doors.
It also shows regular
New Yorkers that their
emergency personnel
are united in responding
to this crisis. Our
uniforms may be different,
but our mission
is the same.”
Turco echoed Lynch
and saluted the medical
staff at the hospital
that has saved many
police officers who
have been injured in
the line of duty.
“Jamaica Hospital’s
staff have always been
there for New York
City police officers,
from working heroically
to save the life
of an injured cop, to offering
a kind word and
a cup of coffee,” Turco
said. “Now that they’re
at the epicenter of this
pandemic, working
long hours with little
rest, it’s our turn to
show them the same
support.”
BY TODD MAISEL
Dozens of New York
City police officers
from the police unions
on Friday delivered
food and moral support
to the medical
staff of Jamaica Hospital
Medical Center who
are putting themselves
at risk and working
round the clock to save
lives in the coronavirus
pandemic.
Members of the Patrolmen’s
Benevolent
Association (PBA) and
Lieutenants Benevolent
Association (LBA),
brought food to the
medical professionals
who have been overwhelmed
by the large
number of COVID-19
positive cases who are
at the brink of a health
disaster in the hospital.
The PBA and LBA
worked with Panico’s
Community Market in
Smithtown, LI – longtime
supporters of
veterans and first responders
– to prepare
and deliver more than
300 freshly-made sandwiches
and other food
items to Jamaica Hospital’s
nursing department,
for distribution
to on-duty hospital
staff.
Cops saluted the
medical staff and
wished them well in
their war on the coronavirus
that has killed
thousands of New
Yorker’s.
PBA President Patrick
J. Lynch and LBA
president Lou Turco
personally distributed
bags of food to the
doctors and nurses on
the front lines of the
COVID-19 fight.
“We are all family
on the front lines,”
Lynch said. “Cops,
nurses, doctors and
hospital staff have a
long-standing bond –
we know each other
and work together 365
days a year. That bond
has only grown stronger
over the past sev-
Cops from the PBA and LBA applaud medical
professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus at
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
Photo courtesy of Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
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