Hours after three nurses were injured in a hit and run outside of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Saturday, Alisha Serpa visited the staff to drop off food, and a card to show her support.
Serpa said she works closely with the team at the hospital in her role with a company that has rehab facilities in Philadelphia.
“It’s devastating. It’s a tragedy,” she said. “It’s important for people to know when you’re praying for them because it does change the spirit.
The injured nurses were hit by the car while they were treating a gunshot victim just outside the emergency room.
Philadelphia police said it happened around 4 a.m. when a silver Jeep Cherokee dropped off the shooting victim.
The driver, described only as a man in his 20s, then hit the nurses and the man who was shot with the Jeep and took off.
“When I heard the news this morning, it was shock and dismay,” said Jennifer Potchen, the president of Philadelphia’s chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association.