Hotel offering up to 100 rooms for nurses, doctors

Hotel offering up to 100 rooms for nurses, doctors

HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THEFRONT LINES ARE WORKINGGRUELING HOURS TO PROTECTPATIENTS, AND ALL OF US DURINGTHIS PANDEMIC.

WMA━2 NEWS RAYSTRICKLAND HAS THE STORY OFHOW A BALTIMORE HOTEL HERE ISHELPING THEM GET A GOODNIGHTMARATHON SHIFTS.“Phone ring”“Hi, goodafternoon” Answering the callto help frontline workers...was something the residenceinn at Johns Hopkins justcould“We donknow medicine, but we knowhospitality” The hotel thattypically provides rooms forpatients at Johns Hopkins isnow providing up to 100 roomsfor doctors and nurses, WITHTHE HOSPITAL FOOTING THE BILL.WE KNOW HEALTH CARE WORKERSARE workING grueling hours tokeep all of us safe during thepandemic.“They can actuallyget off walk to work, comeback, get some rest go backagain.

And we need those folksto be there on the beat allthe time” The HOTEL'S generalmanager Ian Harvey says theystarted doing this about amonth ago.“We feed them inthe morning.

We make sure wekeep the restaurant back ofthe house facility running sowe can give them breakfast.

Ifthey want lunch, we have lunchprepared up until 9:00 atnight we have dinner” IT'S AWI━WIN FOR THE HOSPITAL ANDTHE HOTEL Across the country,hotels have seen occupancyrates decline dramaticallybecause of the virus.

Harveysays the residence inn had tolayoff about 47 workers due tothe loss in revenue AND THEYWERE FACING MORE TOUGHDECISIONS, Prior to thepartnership with the hospital.“We were thinking abopossibly closing” But BYASSESSING AND FILLING A NEWNEED, THE occupancy rate isNOW nearly 70 percent“We have194 suites, we do think by theend of this whole experience,we will be having all of thosesuites filled on some nightsof the month coming in june”Harvey says HE'S GLAD THEY CANkeep their doors open for thepeople who have opened theirhearts to all of us.“Werecognize how important it isto keep these guys functioningdoing the things we all needto have done so we can getback to normal." Reporting inBaltimoreRay StricklandWMA━2NewsBARBERSHOPS AND SALON