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ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF, UM, EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, CELEBRATING OUR HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY.WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE HEROES THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING, FOR SURE.
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL, WHO FOR SO LONG REALLY I KNOW, TOOK IT VERY PERSONALLY, HOW MANY HOURS THEY SPENT, HOW MUCH HEARTACHE THEY HAD WHEN EJ WAS STRUGGLING, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A FUTURE FOR IT, THE WORK OF THAT DEDICATED BOARD.
WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FINDING A PATH FORWARD FOR EAST JEFFERSON, FOR KEEPING THESE DOORS OF THIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HERE TO SERVE, UM, EAST JEFFERSON.
AND A THANK YOU TO LCMC FOR SEEING THE POTENTIAL AT EAST JEFFERSON AND SAYING, YES, WE WANT TO COME FORWARD.
WE WANT THIS TO BE AN LCMC FACILITY.
AND SO THIS THANK YOU, THIS 24 FOOT THANK YOU WILL BE SOMETHING EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF ALL OF THOSE GROUPS EVERY DAY GET TO SEE AND KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, THEY'RE APPRECIATED.
DURING COVID, WE WERE IN OUR HIDING OUT IN OUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WONDERING WHEN, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DIE OR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US.
AND EMPLOYEES, WERE OVER HERE WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL WITH THE SAME KINDS OF PRESSURE.
SO IT, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS, UH, I GUESS, LEAP OF FAITH FOR THEM TO BE HERE AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK SUCH A WONDERFUL RECOGNITION.
I'LL TELL YOU THE, THE ARTICLE ONLINE AND THE ARTICLE IN THE, IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING DOESN'T DO, ITS DO IT JUSTICE IN TERMS OF SIZE AND SCALE.
JUST A WONDERFUL GIFT AND RECOGNITION OF WHAT EVERYBODY DOES HERE EACH AND EVERY DAY AT, AT EAST JEFF AND IN HEALTHCARE.
FRANKLY, WHAT A PHENOMENAL EFFORT AND HEROIC EFFORT.
IT TOOK ALL OF OUR STAFF, DOCTORS, NURSES, UH, EVERYBODY TO GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
WE'RE GONNA CUT THE RIBBON OFFICIALLY.
WE WANNA DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE.
UM, AND, AND JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, THE HOPE AND WONDROUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN INSIDE THESE WALLS OF EJ.