As dozens of helping hands continue to reach out for those affected by Hurricane Helene, Frankfort, Kentucky nurses returned from their time in Asheville, North Carolina.
On Sept. 28, chief nursing officer Stephanie Stratton, medical surgeon Taylor Kendall, administrative director for diagnostic imaging Amanda Truitt and critical care manager Lorie Harley, all with Frankfort Regional Medical Center, traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to help those affected by Hurricane Helene.
“So we come off the bus and the leaders greet us and the leaders are in tears like you’re here, help has finally come,” said Truitt.
“We shed tears with them, we hugged them, we heard a lot of stories, we loved on them as much as we could. We were ready to just jump in and whatever services they needed us to do we’d be there for them,” said Harley.
“I get real emotional about this because it was so sad. There were people that were coming into the hospital off the streets that were just looking for some water or something to eat- wifi. Something to charge their phone,” explained Stratton.