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Franklin Graham Thanks Medical Team as Central Park Hospital Closes

Peter Wooding May 8, 2020 2 min read

New York, USA (ANS) – Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham travelled to New York City this week to thank staff members who have been working on the frontlines to care for COVID-19 patients at their Central Park Emergency Field Hospital.

“I want to thank all of you for everything you’ve done. We give God the glory for it,” Graham said. “We are here to give and to give in the Name of Jesus Christ who died on the Cross for us. We want the world to know God loves them.

“This hospital has been a beacon of life and a beacon of hope. You’ve been able to touch lives.”

The charity reports that through their partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System, they treated more than 300 coronavirus patients in New York, including 190 at their Central Park site.

Franklin added: “We praise God that our team got to see many patients recover and return home to their loved ones after being critically ill. Not only that, we are thankful for the times we had to share the reason for the hope that in us (1 Peter 3:15).

“I’m very grateful to the Mount Sinai Health System for adopting us and asking us to come,” Graham said. “It was their invitation that brought us here. They’ve been an incredible partner. We’re thankful to God for this opportunity to work in New York and for the people of New York and to do it in the Name of Jesus Christ. These are uncertain times. I want the people of New York to know that God made us and created us and loves us. He hasn’t forgotten us.”

Their 14-tent, 68-bed respiratory care unit (RCU) opened on April 1 and was designed especially for this coronavirus response. All patients under Samaritan’s Purse care have now been discharged, and the charity is in the process of decontaminating and packing up the tents.

You can watch these two Samaritan’s Purse video reports posted by our partners at the Global News Alliance:

New York Couple Praises God for Samaritan’s Purse Field Hospital

Cowbells represent healing as New York field hospital patients conquer virus

Peter Wooding

Peter Wooding

Peter Wooding is Senior Editor at Assist News Service and an award-winning radio, TV, and print journalist. Peter has worked as news editor at UCB Radio in the UK, and has reported from countries around the world including Israel, India, Russia, Serbia, South Sudan, Ukraine and Mozambique. Continuing his father Dan’s legacy, Peter now leads the global expansion of ANS. He is also the London Bureau Chief for the Global News Alliance, Media and PR Officer for Leading The Way UK and UK Director for Mercy Projects. Peter lives in North Wales, UK, with his wife, Sharon, and their three daughters, Sarah, Anna and Abigail.

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