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SE Queens volunteers provide meals for
healthcare workers, struggling residents
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
State Senator Leroy Comrie is leading
an eff ort to deliver food to frontline
healthcare workers at Queens Hospital
Center in Jamaica which experienced a
signifi cant infl ux of COVID-19 patients
over the past four weeks, and to struggling
residents who are disabled and/or elderly
with the help of community members
who are eager to give back.
Volunteers packed, sorted and delivered
hundreds of both hot meals and groceries
to community residents in need Th ursday
with a grab-and-go operation outside his
district offi ce.
“Residents reach out every day asking
how they can help, they want to give
back to the frontline workers,” Comrie
said. “Th ere is a signifi cant population in
southeast Queens that wants to volunteer
their eff orts and time in a safe and eff ective
way and we want to continue to harness
that positive energy by partnering
with our veterans, SEQ UO Front and
our small businesses like Maxine’s on the
Boulevard, Remax Realty, and the Door
Restaurant.”
Th ose who would like to participate
in future eff orts to support frontline
and other essential workers can contact
Comrie’s offi ce at 718-765-6359.
Meanwhile, the senator joined a slate
of local, state, and federal elected leaders
from southeast Queens in partnering with
Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics to
provide free mobile cardiovascular testing,
detection, and prevention services to
residents of southeast Queens.
As hospitals, particularly emergency
departments, manage the proliferation of
COVID-19 patients across the city, cardiologists
and other healthcare professionals
have feared people at risk for heart
attack and stroke are losing access to preventative
and lifesaving care.
“Our hospital system has braved
unchartered territory by expanding capacity
and taking on unprecedented numbers
of patients due to the ongoing pandemic,”
Comrie said. “But we know there are
still thousands of southeast Queens residents
who are at risk for heart attack and
stroke that cannot wait for this outbreak
to pass to be assessed by medical professionals.
Our partnership with Advanced
Cardiovascular Diagnostics helps fi ll
the gap and brings attention to non-
COVID-19 ailments that are still aff ecting
folks in our communities.”
Th e mobile van will operate outside
of the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life
Center at 172-17 Linden Blvd. in Jamaica.
For the safety of patients and medical
staff , strict adherence to social distancing
guidelines will be applied at the site.
Courtesy of Comrie’s offi ce
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