Bio
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Opal Sinclair-Chung received accolades from staff at all levels at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, which operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as the 13th busiest Emergency Department in the country. When she was hired in 2010, Kings County Hospital was undergoing structural and cultural change. Ms. Sinclair-Chung developed and implemented policies to improve the quality of nursing-related services, which has 1,500 full-time staff. Her innovative practices, empathy for patients and nurses, as well as her commitment to excellence, which she personally demonstrates, ushered in a higher standard of patient care at the hospital and helped Kings County achieve high ratings by the Joint Commission on Hospitals. When Covid-19 arrived, Kings County had the foundation in place to respond to the crisis. Says a colleague, “We at Kings County have had a difficult 2020, but because of Opal and her colleagues we can take great pride in our service to this community at a time of great need and urgency.”
