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HEALTHCARE HEROES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
Lydia Brisson, Christopher
Savino, and Emeline Bean Clinical Liaisons, Berkshire Healthcare Systems
They Moved to L
the Front Lines at the Height of the Pandemic
Dani Fine Photography
By George O’Brien
ydia Brisson was out for a hike with her young son on the mountain behind their home late last March. The objective was to get some exercise, but for Bris- son, there was another purpose to this trek.
Indeed, while walking, she was also talking ... and trying to prepare her son for the very real possibility that she might soon have to go on the road, if you will,
“I didn’t really give my husband much of an option. The need was there, and this is why you take that oath.”
BHCS
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OCTOBER 2020
CHRISTOPHER SAVINO, EMELINE BEAN, AND LYDIA BRISSON