Endy is making sure it’s supporting Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The homegrown mattress brand announced today that it has donated enough mattresses, pillows and mattress protectors to create safe and comfortable sleeping quarters for the doctors and nurses who are working around the clock to aid COVID-19 efforts in the intensive and critical care units at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital.
Endy revealed that the idea came from Dr. Shannon Lockhart, a consultant anesthesiologist at the hospital, whose team was preparing for the onslaught of coronavirus patients. Lockhart knew that working the pandemic would mean spending nights at the hospital – but only a couple of old, uncomfortable mattresses were available. In fact, staff would often be forced to sleep on hospital stretchers, sometimes even in the hallways.
So, Lockhart reached out to Endy, asking for a few mattresses, and the brand came through.
“If I’ve learned one thing through COVID-19, it’s the big difference in morale and functioning that a gesture can make. At St. Paul’s Hospital, it has been inspiring to see how our multi-disciplinary teams have come together to battle COVID-19,” Lockhart said in a press release. “It’s gestures like Endy’s that make us feel supported and cared for by our community. We are beyond grateful.”
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