New Hampshire Police Association Pipes and Drums show thanks to hospital workers
New Hampshire Police Association Pipes and Drums show thanks to hospital workers
TOM: WMUR’S KRISTEN CAROSA WAS THERE FOR THE "THANK YOU" PERFORMANCE INVOLVING A LITTLE MUSIC AND A LOT OF FOOD. ♪ KRISTEN: A MOMENT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF AT CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER IN MANCHESTER. SGT. CALLINAN: WE WERE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND PLAY A NICE TUNE TO GIVE THEM A BREAK IN THEIR DAY FROM THE DAILY ROUTINE OF WORKING IN THE E.R. KRISTEN: MEMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE ASSOCIATION PIPES AND DRUMS WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF NURSES AND DOCTORS DURING THIS PANDEMIC SGT. CALLINAN: WE HAD A GOFUNDME PAGE, WHERE WE RAISED $2000 TO HELP FUND LUNCHES FOR BOTH CMC AND THE ELLIOT HOSPITAL. KRISTEN: 75 LUNCHES WERE GIVEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF AT BOTH FACILITIES. SGT. CALLINAN: IT MAKES YOU QUESTION -- HOW COME WE HAVEN’T DONE THIS BEFORE OR RECOGNIZED THEM BEFORE? KRISTEN: THE EMERGENCY ROOM DIRECTOR AT CMC SAYS MEDICAL STAFF APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME. DR. FLANIGAN: FOR THE PATIENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD, THEY ARE CRITICALLY ILL, AND WE WORRY ABOUT THEM. WE KNOW THAT IT CAN COME UP VERY SUBTLY, AND WE KNOW HOW DEVASTATING IT CAN BE, AND SO THERE IS THAT EMOTIONAL TOLL. KRISTEN: BUT THEIR SPIRITS HAVE BEEN LIFTED BY GESTURES LIKE THIS ONE. SO FAR, THE HOSPITAL HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 3000 MEALS FROM PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS. AND THESE WORKERS SAY IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE DR. FLANIGAN: A BAGGED LUNCH, A LETTER, COOKIES, HAVING PRAYER GROUPS COME ACROSS THE STREET THE OTHER DAY, ALL THOSE THINGS ADD UP, AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN OTHER PEOPLE’S MINDS. IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. I DON’T THINK THER
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New Hampshire Police Association Pipes and Drums show thanks to hospital workers
Police from across New Hampshire gathered Friday to honor people on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police from across New Hampshire gathered Friday to honor people on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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