Healthcare employees working at the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), who are members of the CSEA Local 830, got a touching surprise this week, when members of the East Meadow, Levittown, Wantagh and Seaford fire departments, gathered just outside the entrance to the hospital’s emergency department, to give them a rousing “Thank you!”
A large banner was raised thanking doctors, nurses and hospital staff, engine sirens blared, fire department personnel cheered, and dozens of hospital workers came out to receive the well-deserved morale boost.
“As president of the CSEA and a 46-year member of the East Meadow Fire Department, I felt great pride in seeing my department salute our healthcare workers at NUMC,” said Ron Gurrieri, president of CSEA 830, which represents the 3,500 union employees at NUMC and the Nassau Health Care Corporation’s nursing home facility.
In the past month, hospital health care workers have also received dozens of food donations from restaurants and individuals.
“Knowing that people outside the four walls of the hospital care about our employees keeps morale going,” Mr. Gurrieri said. “It gives the community a sense of pride to get involved in NUMC, a hospital that treats the under- and uninsured and anyone who comes through its doors.”
