Partners Donates $1M to One Fund
As ambulances screamed away from the finish line Monday, they carried many of the injured to hospitals operated by Partners HealthCare, including Mass General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Partner’s President and CEO Gary L. Gottlieb told workers today that the company will continue its efforts with a $ 1 million donation to One Fund Boston.
“We are making this commitment on behalf of and in honor and recognition of every one of our 60,600 men and women who give every moment of every day to support our mission of caring for our patients and their families,” wrote Gottlieb Monday in an email to all Partners employees. “Every one of our employees is a member of this community. So let us take this opportunity to stand together to say we will be there to help.”
In the email, Gottlieb thanked the doctors and nurses who have worked tirelessly over the past week.
“We know of the extraordinary and immediate response of our doctors, nurses, care teams and the staffs at our hospitals who provided life saving support to the wounded and who will continue to deliver much needed care in the weeks and months ahead. All of our training and preparation for horrific events like this have been widely praised. Even the President made mention of it on his visit to Boston last week,” he wrote.
One Fund Boston was established by Mayor Thomas Menino and Governor Deval Patrick as a fund to help the victims of the Marathon bombings. In it’s first day alone, the fund raised over $ 7 million to help defray medical costs for the injured.
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