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Elmhurst
Hospital doc
helps feed
colleagues
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
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On his day off , Dr. Erfanul Saker
delivered a meal from a Taiwanese
restaurant to his colleagues
at Elmhurst Hospital Center who have
been working tirelessly treating coronavirus
patients.
“We had an abundance of food and I
did not want it to go to waste, so I came
to the hospital and helped distribute
the food elsewhere,” said Saker, who
is a third-year internal medicine resident
at the hospital.
Saker has been able to buy meals for
himself and the health care professionals
through generous donations from
friends, family and the community.
While Saker’s donation funds were
dwindling, his friends — Anthony
Davis, Raul Abreu, Chris Edwards,
Ricardo Ospino and Dane Wright —
created a GoFundMe food account on
April 4 on behalf of Saker to provide
hospital staff with breakfast, lunch
and dinner.
According to Saker, the food was
being delivered to the residents at
the hospital, but now it’s shared with
nurses in the pediatric unit and staff
in the intensive care unit.
“We’re trying to make sure everyone
is fed and taken care of,” Saker
said.
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