Posts tagged with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Last Updated: Mar. 09, 2020 · 2:05 p.m.

500 scoops of cool, sweet water ice cheer hospital workers at Penn

West Philly staple Siddiq's brought enough for maintenance staff and patients, too.

Construction was accelerated to make 120 new beds available for a possible COVID surge.

Penn Medicine is fully prepared to deal with COVID-19, a spokesperson said.

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