Fatima Halloum
Western United goalkeeper Jamie Young visited nurses and patients at Werribee Mercy Hospital, as a show of gratitude for their hard work during the pandemic.
Young met mother Alexis Moulton and her eight-week-old daughter Amelia, who was born at Werribee Mercy exactly one month before Young’s daughter, also named Amelia, was brought home from the hospital.
“Throughout COVID, I think we all realised just how amazing our healthcare workers are,”
Young said.
“But now I’ve seen firsthand the teamwork required to bring babies safely into the world and what it takes to keep our community safe and well, it’s made me appreciate all our healthcare workers even more.”
Western United is currently second on the table, two matches and three points behind Melbourne City.
The team currently have the least number of goals scored against them this season, and Young credits his teammates for keeping the opposition scoreless.
“Like Western United, there’s a whole team of staff here at Werribee Mercy Hospital involved in delivering goals, which in our case, is about good health outcomes for our community,” Mercy Health Acting Program Director Edward Wallace said.
“Not unlike Jamie and his Western United teammates, we couldn’t deliver such good outcomes for our patients without excellent teamwork, communication and our shared vision of a common goal.”
