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the Department of Defense is here to 

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help support our management of the 

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covid pandemic which has surged higher 

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than it ever did in the prior waves 

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when they arrived . We all had that 

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sigh of relief in that sense of 

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gratefulness . I can't tell you how 

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many people walk by saying thank you 

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for your service to these wonderful 

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caregivers . We had a very warm 

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reception coming here to the Cleveland 

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clinic which made us feel very good and 

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it's something that's very important to 

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me to work at this time in healthcare . 

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The impact of the presence of the 

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Department of Defense caregivers has 

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been tremendous in that they are 

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received with a true sigh of relief . 

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They are engaged in helping our 

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caregivers to take care of these cohort 

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of patients that we have . We are 

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tremendously grateful and appreciative 

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and a lot of their staff have been 

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stretched very thin taking care of 

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these very sick covid patients . It's 

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also affected their ability to do their 

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normal mission to take in transfers and 

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specialty care from around Ohio . So we 

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are here to help in a variety of ways 

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as physicians as nurses and respiratory 

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therapists . Cody's presence at 

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Cleveland clinic is helping us to get 

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back on track and to take care of this 

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cohort of patients so that we can serve 

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not just patients at main campus but in 

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our regional hospitals and in the 

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region as well . And so this is a 

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tremendous boost to get us back to 

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normalcy . We are so grateful and 

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thankful for the presence of the 

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Department of Defense caregivers . I 

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hope that we learn as much from these 

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caregivers and their experiences and 

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that we can share some of our 

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experiences together so that we all can 

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make health care better .