March 28, 2024

Sturdy Memorial Hospital Receives $100,000 Grant to Battle COVID-19

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Attleboro, Massachusetts, June 8, 2020 -- Sturdy Memorial Hospital has received a generous grant in the amount of $100,000 from the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley made possible in part through a partnership with the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation. The support is in response to COVID-19 and its impact on the community hospital.

Despite longstanding fiscal responsibility, Sturdy Memorial Hospital and Sturdy Memorial Associates are facing significant financial losses. Expenses caused by the public health crisis include the high cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations, income losses due to the mandatory cancellation of elective and non-emergent surgeries and services, the purchasing of emergency personal protective equipment (PPE), and providing additional support to hospital workers.

“The support we have received from our community during this public health crisis has been extraordinary,” says Joseph F.X. Casey, President and CEO of Sturdy Memorial Hospital. “This charitable gift from the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will assist us in maintaining proper PPE stockpiles to keep our patients and staff safe while also helping to provide the necessary treatments and medications our patients need to recover from the virus, now and in the future. We are grateful to the United Way for this incredible support.”

“The economic impact of COVID-19 is deep and far-reaching, said Michael K. Durkin, President and Chief Executive Officer at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. “We are proud to partner with Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation to help Sturdy Memorial Hospital provide protective equipment to its health care workers and financial assistance to patients in need. Together, we can do more than any of us can alone.”

For more information, please call Sturdy’s Public Relations Department at 508.236.8020.

Sturdy Memorial Hospital is a full-service, independent, financially stable, not-for-profit acute care community hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

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