Many restaurants in the Portland, Oregon area depend on deals to provide health workers with food because they are not permitted to be fully open during the coronavirus health crisis.
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In this photo provided by Oregon Health & Science University, registered nurse Karl Tutsch, right, receives meals on behalf of Michael Menner, left, and Tara Caruy, of Amalfi s, during a delivery of hot pasta meals to Oregon Health & Science University. (Oregon Health & Science University via AP)
PORTLAND, OR It was the week after Christmas and coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations were soaring in Portland, Oregon.
At Oregon Health & Science University, the state s largest hospital, morale was low. Doctors and nurses caring for the most critically ill were burning out just when they were needed the most.
Then, the food started coming: hot and delicious individually wrapped meals from some of the city s trendiest restaurants, a buffet of cuisines from Chinese to Italian to Lebanese to Southern comfort food. For staffers who only took off their N95 masks once to eat during a 12-hour shift, the meals were more than just food they were emotional sustenance.