Local Philanthropists Take Action to Provide Relief & Recovery During COVID-19

PITTSBURGH, Pa -With a generous $100,000 gift to Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh natives Bruce and Barbara Wiegand are providing significant assistance to AHN Jefferson Hospital for medical staff and frontline workers to ensure they have the personal protective equipment (PPE) and necessary supplies to more safely treat COVID-19 and other patients. Their daughter, Laura Wiegand, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon at AHN Jefferson Hospital.

“We’re basically in a war against this virus,” says Bruce, “and it’s time for all of us to do what we can. At our age, we have to be particularly careful and should not risk physical proximity to others, but the monetary option is something we can do. It’s important for people who have the capability to join the fight, especially in helping frontline medical personnel. Without them, we don’t have much of a defense against this virus. Laura could potentially be exposed, and that was a strong motivating factor to protect her and the rest of the frontline caregivers.”

Bruce and Barbara Wiegand have joined AHN’s #stayHOMEteam and are safe and healthy sheltering in their home in Naples, F