With a national and global focus on medical personnel helping to care for those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Red Sox legend David Ortiz added his thanks to the work of the staff at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Big Papi posted a video to YouTube on Friday in which he expressed his gratitude to the nurses and doctors at MGH.

Here's a portion of what he had to say in the minute-long video (watch below): "I just want to take this moment to say thank you to every single nurse and doctor at MGH. We all are cheering for you and we all know how much you guys are sacrificing to help people out in this incredible epidemic time...God bless you all. We're cheering for you from everywhere in this country because we know how great you guys are. Especially me, I know how wonderful you guys are at Mass. General Hospital."

MGH tweeted its thanks to Ortiz for the message:

Thank you to our friend @davidortiz for this heartfelt message of encouragement to our staff and for always being on our team. #COVID19 https://t.co/7fk7Pjg6Jw — MassGeneral News (@MassGeneralNews) March 27, 2020

Ortiz, 43, can speak first-hand to the level of care at MGH. He was a patient there this summer when he was flown to the hospital from his native Dominican Republic after he was wounded in a shooting in the D.R. on June 9. He spent 48 days at MGH, where he underwent multiple surgeries.

Ortiz's video thanks Mass. General Hospital doctors and nurses for their coronavirus efforts originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston