Hospital’s chaplains lead prayers for caregivers, patients and community as pandemic wears on

Kristie Perkins, RN, second from left, East Georgia Regional Medical Center's director of surgical services; Mike Nordness, left, the hospital's chief operating officer; and other EGRMC employees bow their heads in prayer along with first-responders and other community members during a service led by volunteer chaplains, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. (AL HACKLE/staff)

COVID prayer service at EGRMC — Kristie Perkins, RN, second from left, East Georgia Regional Medical Center's director of surgical services; Mike Nordness, left, the hospital's chief operating officer; and other EGRMC employees bow their heads in prayer along with first-responders and other community members during a service led by volunteer chaplains, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. (AL HACKLE/staff)

About 50 people gathered near the flagpole at East Georgia Regional Medical Center before nightfall Tuesday for a brief prayer service led by volunteer chaplains in support of the medical professionals and public safety personnel who have struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as of patients and families.

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