MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - Healthcare workers came together to call for change and to honor George Floyd in their own way.
Healthcare workers and staff held a vigil in the name of Floyd at all six Memorial Healthcare System hospitals.
The vigil served as a reminder to the hospital’s staff that despite religion or race, they are in the fight together.
Reverend Timothy Burton, who works for the hospital, said it meant a lot to him that staff of all levels were given the opportunity to participate in a movement towards change.
“When we leave this campus, we go to our various homes — from Hollywood to Miami to West Palm — and we all come here, but everything affects us,” said Burton. “It affects us when we go home, it affects our children, so it’s good to know that we have a CEO, from the top down, that believe that we are human, and that we should be able to speak out and stand together.
In Hollywood, employees paused for prayer.
The crowd there chanted in unison, “Nothing we go through will be wasted.”
In Plantation, signs of Black Lives Matter were held up outside the hospital.
In Miramar, Dr. Todra Anderson-Rhodes, the Chief Medical Officer, said, “When one of us is hurting because of what is happening around us, such as the racial divide. It really does impact and hurt all of us, so we can’t really ignore it. We must deal with it.”
Peter Powers, CEO of Memorial Regional, said, “We just have no tolerance for what we’ve seen play out with the Floyd situation or with the other things that we’ve seen. It’s gone on too long, and it’s not going to happen anymore.”
All six campuses participated in taking a break from work, stepping outside and observing a moment of silence and prayer.
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