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Local hospital staff rise to the occasion of pandemic

Healthcare workers at Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields have faced the overwhelming demands of the COVID-19 pandemic without becoming overwhelmed, according to one administrator. 

It hasn’t been easy.

In a recent interview with the Chronicle, Mari Lynn Ross, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Franciscan Health’s Olympia Fields hospital, said the staff was bearing up well.

“It’s been hard on every discipline. It’s scary. You can’t see it. This is…

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