Letter from the Executive Director

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

THANK YOU FROM YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This edition of York County Medicine is dedicated to all the medical professionals, frontline staff, nurses and all those who have selflessly invested their time and talent in the care of patients in York County during a pandemic that seems to have no end in sight. Thank you seems like such an inadequate response for such a sacrifice. Last summer everyone was hopeful that the worst was over and by fall that hope faded and there was another surge in hospitalizations. Currently, the second variant, omicron, is filling beds to capacity and once again taxing our medical community to their mental and physical limits. Millions took advantage of the vaccines that diminish the need for hospitalization for an individual that tests positive for COVID. Millions of others did not. You all have my utmost respect and appreciation for your commitment, caring, and sacrifices that have been made and continue to be made for the well-being of patients in York County. Life may never really be “normal” again. Hoping there will soon be light at the end of the tunnel.

Liz Torres, Executive Director York County Medical Society

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