Recovered COVID Patient Gifts Painting To St. Joseph's Hospital-North

Safety Harbor FL

04 May, 2021

2:13 PM

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From the BayCare Health System: May 3, 2021 A beautiful painting is displayed prominently in a team member common area on a floor of St. Joseph's Hospital-North in Lutz. The painting is a spring nature scene with trees, flowers and a small footbridge over a brook. Looking closely at the painting, there is a small, gold plate attached beneath the painting inscribed with these words: "A Bridge to Recovery. To staff on 4 West for saving my life." The painting was done by COVID survivor Robert Sakoff as a gift to the unit. Robert was admitted to the hospital for COVID on February 7 and discharged 16 days later on February 23. "I feel 120 percent," said Robert, 74, originally from New York but now residing in Tampa's Northdale section. "My lungs are telling me otherwise but from where I've been my recovery has been amazing." This press release was produced by the BayCare Health System. The views expressed here are the author's own.