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First Responders Honor Palos Hospital Nurses In COVID-19 Fight
South suburban police and fire departments honor front line nurses at Palos Hospital with parade around medical campus. Watch the video.
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — Police and fire departments who use Palos Hospital for health care-related calls saluted nurses at Palos Community Hospital with a parade around the hospital campus at the conclusion of National Nurses Week.
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Medical staff in scrubs and face masks stepped outside for a breath of fresh air as fire and police vehicles from Palos Heights, Palos Park, Palos Hills, Orland Park, Orland Hills, Chicago Ridge, Oak Forest, Moraine Valley Community College and other municipalities paid tribute the health care workers of Palos Hospital, where there are two floors of patients being treated for coronavirus.
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National Nurses Week begins every year on May 6 and concludes May 12, on Florence Nightingale’s birthday, the founder of modern nursing. This year’s recognition week is especially poignant as nurses around the world work the front line of the coronavirus pandemic.
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South suburban police and fire departments saluted the nurses of Palos Hospital who are working the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. ~ Video by Lorraine Swanson/Patch
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