PSEG Foundation has donated $2,500 to Long Island Community Hospital’s COVID-19 response efforts as part of the Knapp Family COVID-19 Health Crisis Fund.
“Our heroic caregivers have now been battling COVID-19 for eight months and we anticipate the impact of this pandemic to be with us well into the future,” states Long Island Community Hospital President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard T. Margulis. “The PSEG Foundation’s COVID-19 Health Crisis Fund grant will help us continue to provide protection for our employees and help us treat critical COVID-19 patients here at our hospital.”
“PSEG Long Island employees energized frontline healthcare workers with meals and snacks throughout the pandemic and we are pleased to further support by providing a COVID-19 Health Crisis Fund grant courtesy of the PSEG Foundation,” said Daniel Eichhorn, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG Long Island. “We are grateful to the LI Community Hospital staff who have been caring for coronavirus patients during the pandemic and are pleased that these funds will supply the personal protective equipment needed to stay safe while treating patients.”
LI Community Hospital has discharged 722 COVID-19 patients.
To make a donation to Long Island Community Hospital’s COVID-19 Health Crisis Fund, please visit www.licommunityhospital.org and click on “Giving To Our Hospital” or call 631.654.7708.
Long Island Community Hospital has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. We are 100% focused on the community and committed to providing quality care with our greatly enhanced services reflected through the Knapp Cardiac Care Center – our highly advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our level III trauma center, and our high-touch services including women’s imaging, sleep laboratory, wound care and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our LI Community Hospital staff – Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort.
