Local restaurants helping Tupelo hospital staff

Hospital for food.

Standup..as live "the north mississippi medical center is always open and helping patients especially during this troubling time.

Right now there are some local restaurants that are doing all they can to help workers here at the hospital."

"so many of the staff whether they are doctors, nurses, enviornmental services, cannot leave the specified floors to go and eat anywhere .

Much less leave the premises."(jessica vaughan volunteer services nmmc) jessica vaughan and others help to unload a vehilce in the vistors's entrance of the hospital.

This food came from sweet peppers , a local restaurant that his helping workers thave can't leave the premises by giving them free food.

Its much needed.

"so providing meals for these necessary workers is a must.

Not only because they're hungry but for morale."

Another hospital worker agrees with that sentiment.

(wesley christopher- critical care unit nmmc).."they're working hard, they're working twelve hours they cant leave to go get food .they gotta have something to eat you know."

On this day, peppers donated lunches for fifty of the front-line staff.

The company will deliver another fifty for the second shift.

There are others who are helping right now too.

"this week alone we have chick fil a coming, we have the eat with us group who are donating a hundred meals every day........and the grill, ."

Standup.."local residents are helping too by bring snack items as well.

In tupelo wayne hereford wtva nine news folks with the