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HOPE ON
THE HORIZON
As we reflect on the past year—and look ahead to brighter days—we are grateful for the way our staff and our community rose to the many challenges posed by the pandemic. COVID-19 brought anxiety, fear, sad- ness, and countless other emotions into our daily lives at White Plains Hospital. It tested the strength and resilience of everyone on
our staff, from our front- line clinicians to our en- gineers, administrators, environmental service workers, and security staff. It threatened the safety of our patients and our em- ployees and challenged the way we practice medicine, forcing us to innovate in rapid time to devise new solutions and strategies to deliver the highest levels of patient care.
We are so appreciative of the dedication and skill of our healthcare heroes. Their efforts reflect the culture of excellence that we have worked so hard to cultivate at White Plains Hospital. Having this culture in place gave us the ability to react to the pandemic with precision and continuously deliver critical and exceptional care throughout this most challenging year. Going above and beyond is what we do every day—and never more so than during
this crisis. From the leadership team who hunkered down in a “command center” for weeks on end; to staff extending themselves into brand new roles; to our nurses and technicians becoming family surro- gates for our patients; and our engineers increasing our ICU beds from 16 to 82 at lighting speed—every-
one stepped up. Ultimately, we were able to send more than 2,700 COVID-19 pa- tients back to their families.
We are in awe of the way our neighbors across Westchester supported us through donations of PPE, food, and monetary dona- tions, and cheered us on every step of the way. They also did their part to “flat- ten the curve” by enduring months of sheltering in
place, attending school and work remotely, and con- tinuing to practice health vigilance.
Together, we experienced humanity at its best—and along with vaccine to protect against COVID-19, it has brought us hope and the promise of a more normal life right around the corner.
At our Hospital, we are also continuing to maintain our focus on a brighter future. We are looking ahead to many exciting developments that will help us
“Together, we experienced humanity at its best—and along with vaccine to protect against COVID-19, it has brought us hope and the promise of a more normal life right around the corner.”
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