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Enough already!
February 27, 2026
Colleagues in the East Region had some digging out to do to find their cars after the storm.
A second major snowstorm of the season (Could it be the last?) could not stand in the way of uninterrupted, excellent care for the patients and communities that depend on us.
Thanks to everyone who bundled up, packed overnight bags and braved slippery roads to ensure that our hospitals stayed open, accessible and safe.
Crews worked hard to clear sidewalks and parking areas around Hartford Hospital.
Colleagues from the Backus Hospital labor pool get a crash course in how to take orders to assist the food & nutrition team.
ScreenshoJoe Phillips, regional director of the Cancer Institute, brought his snowblower to Backus to help clear the parking lots.t
Amanda Page and Mark Rankowitz in Windham Hospital incident command.
East Region President Donna Handley helped deliver hot chocolate to colleagues in the Windham ED.
Looking out from the Windham Hospital main entrance.
The Fairfield Region Incident Command Center was bustling.
At the Fairfield Cancer Center, the radiation oncology team took patients a day early, on Sunday, ahead of the storm.
Fairfield leaders handled the “hotel” check-in.
It was literally all hands on deck as Fairfield President Bill Jennings mops a floor.
The Fairfield OR team cheers the efforts of public safety colleagues and those driving the plows.
Fairfield President Bill Jennings takes the wheel to move snow from the entrance.
Truckloads of snow were taken from parking lots.
CHH nurses Alisha Walker and Kirby Marshall, with Kelli Odenwaelder, administrative director, patient care services, joined colleagues to make sure all went well during the recent blizzard.