Some health care workers on Long Island will be trading in
their scrubs and white coats for football jerseys this Sunday.
Four hospital
employees at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside have free tickets to Super
Bowl LV.
Rockville Centre
resident Larry Serazani, who works for the NFL, got the tickets for the
hospital workers as thank you for the care he received when he had a heart
attack and for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Adhi Sharma
called the gesture “very touching.”
“How gracious
he's been and how his appreciation – he’s showing it in such a tangible
way," says the doctor.
The hospital
workers at Mount Sinai South Nassau are just four of 7,500 health care
professionals going to the big game. All of them will be vaccinated.
“We're allowed
to attend and sit in close proximity because we've all been vaccinated and it
gives this message of hope and safety," says Dr. Sharma.
Also attending
will be Dr. Frank Coletta, respiratory therapy director Iris Halem and
emergency room nurse Eileen Carolan.
A total of 22,000 people will be at the game, each wearing masks and social distancing. The
stadium in Tampa Bay has a capacity for 75,000.