In late December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China reported an outbreak of a pneumonia of unknown cause. Nine days later, officials determined the acute respiratory virus to be caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Within days, members of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s senior leadership team and the Center for Disaster Medicine began to closely monitor the situation and mapped out plans for the virus’s possible spread across the globe, throughout the nation and right here in Boston.
Mass General staff would spend the next several months working tirelessly—while facing new challenges and difficult, often emotionally draining situations. They cared for thousands of patients while learning new treatment options, supported their colleagues by ensuring all areas of the hospital were cleaned using the latest infection prevention methods and sought to make a difference through innovative research methods.
While this global pandemic has altered life in many ways, it also highlighted that all levels of Mass General staff can be counted on to rise to any challenge. In this special edition of Mass General Hotline, we celebrate the more than 27,000 individuals who made such an incredible impact on our patients, our community and our colleagues during this time.
In the early days, members of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s senior leadership team and the Center for Disaster Medicine began to closely monitor the emerging situation and mapped out plans for the virus’s possible spread. This photo was taken before the Universal Mask Policy went into effect.
During the surge, 1,820,230 isolation gowns and 22,875 canisters of Super Sani-Cloths were needed. This photo was taken before the Universal Mask Policy went into effect.
COVID-19 surge statistic: 6,412 employees were fit-tested for personal protective equipment, or PPE.
In this special edition of Mass General Hotline, we celebrate the more than 27,000 individuals who made such an incredible impact on our patients, our community and our colleagues during this time.
Employees have cared for thousands of patients while learning new treatment options, supported their colleagues by ensuring all areas of the hospital were cleaned using the latest infection prevention methods and sought to make a difference through innovative research methods.
Providing high-quality patient care and a pleasant patient experience is a top priority at Mass General, from the start of the patient’s stay until their safe return home.
To deliver highly specialized, time sensitive care to patients quickly while also helping to combat ongoing capacity challenges, a multidisciplinary team developed the Neurosciences Receiving Unit.
To deliver highly specialized, time sensitive care to patients while also helping to combat ongoing capacity challenges, a multidisciplinary team developed the Neurosciences Receiving Unit (NSRU) – a new space that can receive transfer patients in need of urgent care following a stroke.