Dec. 1, 1946 - Dec. 13, 2020
Glenn D. Gardner, a veteran detective who was a key figure in the investigation of two of North Tonawanda s most infamous homicides, died Sunday. He was 74.
Mr. Gardner died in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, of complications from Covid-19, according to his daughter, Pamela Gardner.
In 1998, Mr. Gardner won the Exchange Club s Officer of the Year award for his work in bringing Richard W. Matt to justice in the murder and dismemberment of North Tonawanda businessman William Rickerson.
Gabe DiBernardo, who was North Tonawanda s chief of detectives at the time, remembered sending Mr. Gardner to Rickerson s home about a week after Rickerson s disappearance in December 1997.
Some health care workers are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Nurse: I d say we re probably a 50/50 split
COVID-19 vaccine concerns have plagued the public, even raising concerns among health care workers.
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BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) â COVID-19 vaccine concerns have plagued the public, even raising concerns among health care workers. I d say we re probably a 50/50 split for people who would be willing to get the vaccine and those who don t want to, Lindsey Acevedo, charge nurse of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital s ICU, said.
Acevedo said she wants to wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sarah Dempseyâs thoughts were sitting heavy.
Sheâs 28, married with a 3-year-old and an infant, and a year and a half into her career as a registered nurse. She leaves her family most days a little after 6 a.m. for bone-tiring, 12-hour shifts in a Covid-19 wing at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital that is busier now than it was in the spring, when the pandemic began.
Treating Covid-19 is intense and clustered. When Dempsey and other medical staff walk into a room, they don full personal protective equipment and take care of every possible need: checking vitals, changing a dirty bedpan, or even just providing an assuring conversation. When they exit the room, where the coronavirus was in the air and on the surfaces, the PPE comes off and they switch into new gear before walking in to see the next patient.
Medical experts chime in on the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine distribution process Liz Lewin
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It s been a long, exhausting road to finding a vaccine to help battle COVID-19.
On Monday, thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed across all 50 states, with 170,000 of them landing in New York State. Of those, 14,500 doses will go to Western New York.
Western New Yorkers are hard at work to ensure an efficient, just, and organized distribution process, but local lawmakers and medical experts say it won t be easy.
Dr. Michael Mineo is the chief medical officer at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and says there s a lot to consider when tackling a monumental public health operation like this.
Months ago, New York State required all hospitals to produce surge plans in case the load of Covid-19 patients became too large to manage.
Those plans didn t need to be activated here last spring, but the current rise in hospital caseloads is forcing hospital executives to think about them again.
With virus hospitalizations in the region 10 times higher than two months ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sounded the alarm Monday by ordering all hospitals to increase their bed capacity by 25%.
Eight months ago, all hospitals were ordered to file contingency plans for a 50% increase in capacity, with the possibility of even larger increases. So, there are plans in place that Cuomo s order doesn t exceed â so far.