Dr. Bender is to be mobilized for active duty service with the United State Army Reserves for approximately four months (mid-April 2021 to mid-August 2021). Please read his message to the patients and staff below:
𝑊𝑂𝐶 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠,
𝐴𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑚𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑑-𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠. 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑑-𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑎𝑦.
𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑊𝑂𝐶 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.
𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦. 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑊𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑂𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚.
𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒, 𝐼 𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒.
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦,
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