A high-level official at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been fired in response to an exchange about supporters of President Donald Trump on her personal Facebook page.

The vice president for external affairs, who acts as liaison between government and the hospital on public health and regulatory issues, posted an article Friday morning about the administration's concern over the price tag on a deal for General Motors and Ventec to produce ventilators.

In the comment section, she then replied, "Trump supporters need to pledge to give up their ventilators to someone else... and not go to the hospital."

A second woman, who also works in the Buffalo medical sector as the director of development at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, then replied, "I think they should be the only ones in packed churches on Sunday."

The Roswell Park official replied back, "They should barricade themselves in there and ride this out."

Rosswell Park released a statement on the firing.

"This employee was terminated today after our Human Resources team concluded its investigation. We followed standard procedure, which required that we gather and verify relevant information before taking any disciplinary action.

Dr. Johnson and her team responded with swift and appropriate action. We have always been and continue to be a center serving everyone who needs us. That is core to our mission, our culture and the experience our patients and families can expect every day.

This behavior is not tolerated at Roswell Park. If any team members act in a way that does not accord with that commitment, we will take swift and appropriate action, just as we did in this instance," the statement concluded.

Spectrum News reached the second individual by phone Tuesday who confirmed the comments were deleted. She said she did not want to be insensitive to anybody during this very serious health crisis.