Police, fire drive-by parade honors Fort Worth-area hospital for COVID-19 work
For at least one morning, there was time to say thanks to employees of a Tarrant County hospital for their work amid the coronavirus crisis.
On Thursday morning, a group of police and fire departments in Northeast Tarrant County conducted a drive-by parade to honor the medical staff at Medical City North Hills in North Richland Hills.
The medical staff stood outside of the hospital, 4401 Booth Calloway Road, as a line of fire and police department vehicles drove by in their honor amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of Friday in Tarrant County, there were more than 200 residents in hospital beds being treated for the coronavirus. More than 4,200 people had tested positive for the virus, and 120 residents had died from it, according to Tarrant County health officials.
The drive-by parade on Thursday morning was to honor the service of the medical team at the North Richland Hills hospital.
The agencies involved in the parade included police and firefighters from North Richland Hills, Watauga, Hurst, Richland Hills and Haltom City.
