Tony Powell

Hospital Administrative Coordinator

Quote: “We are like soldiers marching into battle, but you don’t have enough guns.”

Biography: Tony Powell is an hospital administrate coordinator at the United Medical Center. He advocates for other workers in the health field other than doctors and nurses. He believes, "“Nobody recognizes those workers that are really on the front line. People are recognizing doctors and nurses. But they’re not recognizing dietary, environmental service, CNAs. These are the people doing all the main grunt work that has to be done. Nobody is telling them, ‘We appreciate what you do. We realize you have a family. We realize you are underpaid. We realize you are understaffed."

(Source: https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/meet-the-covid-19-frontline-heroes/ )