GREEN BAY (NBC 26) -- Green Bay Aurora BayCare doctors and nurses recently celebrated the release of a patient who had coronavirus.
According to Advocate Aurora Health, doctors and nurses with the health system cheered several coronavirus patients as they were released from hospitals across Illinois and Wisconsin this week. This week marks a milestone, as the health system said it surpassed its 1,000th coronavirus patient discharge.
Eric Nelson, a Green Bay resident and part-time chaplain at Aurora BayCare Medical Center was released Thursday evening from being admitted with coronavirus, according to a news release from Advocate Aurora Health.
Upon his discharge home, the news release said he was reunited by his family and gave a thumbs up to hospital team members.
“This milestone is an important reminder of the excellent care our team provides and the hard work, commitment and focus it's taken to reach this point,” said Dr. Gary Stuck, chief medical officer of Advocate Aurora Health. “We're so proud of how our doctors, nurses and team members have risen to meet this historic challenge, and we're grateful for their service and sacrifice. But the work isn't over, and the public must continue to do their part by practicing social distancing and staying home as much as possible. There will be more milestones to come, both happy and tragic. And our actions now will determine how much celebrating or grieving we do later. We're all in this together.”
