Phoenix Nurses Help Fight Coronavirus Outbreak In Colorado

GREELEY, CO — Amid the spread of the new coronavirus in Colorado, 10 nurses from Phoenix-area Banner Health facilities travelled to the Centennial State to assist at the hardest hit hospitals. A release from Banner Health says the group left Phoenix Sunday morning.

The medical professionals are headed to Banner Health facilities in Greeley, Fort Collins and Loveland, Colorado.

Lindsey Stewart, a registered nurse at Banner Health, said in an interview release to Patch that it was "surreal" when she got the confirmation on Friday about the two-week assignment. "I didn’t hesitate. I want to help. I mean, you sign up to be a nurse to do stuff like this," she said.

The owner of Phoenix-based trucking company Swift Transportation donated a private flight to the Banner Health Foundation

"The community has always been good to us. When I heard what they are doing, what they are going through — the sacrifice — it made it pretty easy for us to volunteer and make it much easier for them to fly up private," Jerry Moyes, Swift Transportation's owner, said in the interview.

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"The thing that has been the most exciting about this is being able to tell our team who are working hard right now that because we’re part of a larger system, we can get these resources so quickly," Patti Farmer, of human resources with Banner, said. "I’m blown away."