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Celebrating Our Community’s and directors and managers in
several key areas -- has done a
Health Care Heroes During masterful job of preparing for
National Hospital Week the possibility of a surge in
COVID-19 patients. We are
now prepared for twice our
Hospital Week – always the second week of May – takes on normal, total bed capacity
a special meaning this year as health care workers across between our three hospitals,
the nation and here on Delmarva find themselves caring for and quadruple the number of

patients in the midst of the first pandemic in just over a century. intensive care beds.
This year, University of Maryland Medical System elected to

fold Nurses Week, May 6-12, and Hospital Week, May 10-16, For frontline workers and also
into a single celebration of Health Care Heroes Week. As chair- those behind the scenes, each
man of the UM Shore Regional Health Board of Directors, day brings new demands and Keith McMahan,
and on behalf of the entire board, I’d like to commend all our parameters in providing safe, chairman of the

team members who certainly deserve this special recognition. effective care to both COVID University of Maryland
and non-COVID patients.
In the past several weeks, I have had the privilege of witness- There is no “business as usual” Shore Regional Health

ing the amazing dedication, professionalism, creativity and in our hospitals, and in most Board of Directors.
teamwork of the UM SRH workforce as they navigate the areas, these essential workers
extraordinary challenges posed by COVID-19. Working with assume some degree of personal risk -- and in many cases,
the guidance and support of University of Maryland Medi- greater stress and fatigue.
cal System and in cooperation with the emergency opera-
tions teams of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and I am grateful that even before Health Care Heroes Week was
Talbot counties, the UM SRH Incident Command Structure declared, our local communities – including individuals, busi-
(ICS) – a broad team including physician and nurse leaders, nesses, churches, civic groups and more – have been treating
Shore health care workers and first responders throughout

the region as heroes. Donations of meals, snacks, treats and
much-needed supplies have poured in from all quarters, week
Hoping to keep you safe,
aft er week.
we will open as soon as we can!
TENTATIVE OPEN DATE IS JUNE 1ST In turn, UM Shore Regional Health is giving back to our

communities with a $5,000 gift to the Maryland Food Bank,
designated to the outlets serving our five-county region. It is

both amazing and gratifying to me that our hard-working
heroes at Shore have followed suit by launching their own
in Ridgely collection drive this month to benefit local food banks. We

are truly “in this together” as we all pitch in wherever help is
AFFORDABLE HAIR CARE
AFFORDABLE HAIR CARE needed.
We have lost members of our community to COVID-19, and
Men, Women & Children
every loss is hard to bear not only for loved ones and friends,
Cuts – Color – Hi-Lites – Foils but also for UM SRH frontline team members working so hard
Perms – Nails – Waxing – Pedicures to save every life. Mercifully, so far, many of our patients have
survived COVID-19, and every patient who recovers enough
to go home is a cause for celebration.
For now, each of us can support the health care heroes who
made those recoveries possible by following guidelines to
We miss you all! reduce the spread of COVID-19 – wearing our masks, wash-
Trish Puckett, Stylist & Barber; ing our hands and maintaining our “social distance” as long as

Stylist: Crystal, Kristi, and Hannah needed. UMMS offers excellent resources for anyone seeking
more information about COVID-19 and what to do if you
suspect that you or a family member may have contracted the
410-634-9200
Tues.-Fri. 10-7; disease. Visit https://www.umms.org/coronavirus or call the
Sat. 10-3 7 N. Central Ave., 24-7 nurse hotline, 1-888-713-0711. And please, be safe.
Ridgely, MD

Happy Father’s Day!

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