High-risk health care workers at OHSU receive meals from Portland restaurants

Initiative intended to shore up staff stressed by months on the front line of the pandemic

By Erik Robinson January 12, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Michael Menner, left, and Tara Caruy of Amalfis deliver hot pasta meals to OHSU on Thursday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. Karl Tutsch, R.N., receives the meals on behalf of OHSUs Medical Intensive Care Unit, which has cared for the most critically ill COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. (OHSU)

Meal delivery

Tara Caruy of Amalfis hands a bag of hot pasta meals to OHSU registered nurse Karl Tutsch on New Years Eve, part of an effort to support frontline health care workers at highest risk of burnout. (OHSU)

Meal delivery

Michael Menner, left, and Tara Caruy of Amalfis deliver hot meals to OHSU frontline health care workers on Dec. 31, part of an effort to support frontline health care workers and also provide appreciation for locally owned restaurants impacted by the pandemic. Karl Tutsch, R.N., receives the meals outside Physicians Pavilion on OHSU Marquam Hill campus. (OHSU)