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April 15, 2020
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Nurses ďŹy into COVID-19 storm BY TOM SCANLON
West Valley View Managing Editor
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With COVID-19 cases rising in Maricopa County, but at a moderate rate, ďŹve nurses from Abrazo Central Hospital volunteered to ďŹy into the teeth of the coronavirus storm. Avondaleâs Caryn Huffman, Pat Keilman of Glendale and three other Abrazo nurses ďŹew to Detroit on April 7. âThey will temporarily ďŹll needs at Detroit Medical Center hospitals, owned by Abrazo Centralâs parent company, Tenet Healthcare,â said Keith Jones, an Abrazo spokesman. Michigan became a âhotspot,â with COVID-19 deaths in the state rising from 479 to 1,282 in a weekâwith 79% of the total cases and 85% of the deaths in Detroit, according to The Detroit News. Huffman, Keilman and the other Abrazo nurses will help care for the hundreds hospitalized with the coronavirus. âThe employees and the community are so thankful,â Huffman emailed to her cowork-
ers back in Phoenix. âOthers are offering their services for anything we might need while we are here.â The ďŹve nurses work in the operating rooms at Abrazo Central. They became available when volume slowed after Gov. Doug Duceyâs executive order banning elective surgery. They will temporarily ďŹll needs at Detroit Medical Center hospitals, owned by Abrazo Centralâs parent company, Tenet Healthcare. The nurses will be able to return to Arizona when needed here, said Tami Biggs, RN, chief nursing ofďŹcer at Abrazo CenAvondaleâs Caryn Huffman and other nurses from Abrazo Central Hospital tral Campus. flew to Detroit to help the coronavirus-stricken city. (Photo courtesy Abrazo) âOur colleagues in Detroit are ďŹghting the COVID battle in a way that most staff,â Biggs said. of us are not experiencing. They have fought After her ďŹrst day in Detroit, Huffman hard and with such grace and determination. Nurses...continued on page 2 However, they were in desperate need of
Love your neighor â from a distance BY CHRISTOPHER DORCH, PAULINA MACHADO AND RAMONA BARAJAS-VILLAR West Valley View Contributing Writers
The Church of LitchďŹeld Park held Good Friday and Easter servicesâonline, via Facebook. Congregations across Arizona have been physically separated as churches
participate in social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Church of LitchďŹeld Park and other places of worship in the West Valley have turned to social media to keep their congregations together, implementing new practices to continue their services and classes.
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âDuring this season where we are unable to gather on our campus, please be sure to join us for online worship,â says the Church of LitchďŹeld Parkâs website, churchatlitchďŹeldpark.org. âYou can participate on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
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