DAY OF HOPE AT WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL - Westfair Communications

From left: Tiffany Perrone, RN, assistant nurse manager infusion center; Joann Scambia ”“ Covid survivor; Kristine Cappo, director of nursing; and Kerri El-Sabrout, vice president, patient care services.

Event Description:

From left: Sean Healy, Joann Scambia, Hugo Sosa, all Covid survivors; Larry Smith, a Covid survivor and the hospital”™s chairman of the board of directors; and Susan Fox, hospital president and CEO.

Last year on March 9th White Plains Hospital (WPH) received its first Covid-19 patient””marking the start of a journey that changed everything. One year later, the hospital brought together its leadership, Covid-19 survivors, elected officials and community members to reflect and honor its health care heroes ”” first at 6:30 a.m. as its morning shift employees arrived to work and again at 6:45 p.m. as first responders joined in a community applause in front of the White Plains Hospital Emergency Department. Attending the evening program were COvid-19 survivors, including Hugo Sosa, former FDNY captain who beat Covid after a 44-day hospitalization; The Westchester Children”™s Chorus; Susan Fox, WPH president and CEO; White Plains Mayor Tom Roach; and nurses, physicians and staff who led the Covid fight.