Rubber chicken and concertina in tow, Salem’s hospital clown lifts spirits
Mike Bednarek performs a card trick as Dr. Fun E. Bone for an 18-year-old pediatric patient at Salem Hospital on Aug. 25, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Mike Bednarek slides a rubber chicken through a crack in a hospital room door before asking if he can come inside.
Though he’s wearing scrubs and a white lab coat, Bednarek, 66, is a far cry from the usual professionals coming and going in Salem Hospital’s pediatric ward.
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