Cincy hospitals receive honors, donations in thanks for care given Damar Hamlin [Video]

CINCINNATI — Health providers at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center were honored Thursday with a key to the city, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital received $10,000 worth of toys from Fisher-Price and Mattel, all in thanks for supporting and caring for one man: Bills safety Damar Hamlin.

On Thursday morning, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval presented a key to the city to providers on behalf of care staff across different subspecialties who contributed to the care and subsequent recovery of Hamlin after he suffered cardiac arrest on the field at Paycor Stadium while playing the Bengals.

“The immediate impact is the awareness to the community of the care we give, our teams are best in the country as everyone was able to witness over the course of the last month,” said Robert Wiehe, chief operating officer at UC Health.

Just the day before, on Wednesday, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital received a drop-off …