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Utica police Thursday identified the victim of a Tuesday evening car crash.
Utica police and firefighters were dispatched around 7:30 p.m. for a vehicle that had driven into a wooden area and caught fire near the intersection of Albany Street and South Park Drive, police said.
It was quickly learned the driver, Joseph Suppa, 65, of Utica, was trapped inside.
A Utica patrolman manned the fire hose to put out the fire as firefighters worked to extricate Suppa, police said.
After more firefighters arrived, he was freed and brought to the St. Elizabeth Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System. On Wednesday, police announced Suppa had died from his injuries.
New Name For MVHS After Steve Wynn Donates $50 Mil
Published: March 4, 2021
An artist s rendering of the new downtown Utica hospital which will be named after Utica native, Steve Wynn. (Photo submitted by MVHS)
The Wynn Hospital of the Mohawk Valley Health System.
“This is an incredibly generous gift – one that will make an impact on thousands upon thousands of Mohawk Valley residents each year,” said Darlene Stromstad, FACHE, president and CEO of MVHS. “The funds will elevate The Wynn Hospital to greater heights and result in important service enhancements and lifesaving outcomes, she said.
Wynn, worth an estimated $3.5 billion according to Forbes, said he and his family wanted to leave a lasting legacy of state-of-the-art healthcare on the community where it all started for the former Vegas entrepreneur.
As January’s surge in COVID-19-related hospitalizations started to taper, area hospitals got hit with a new surge of very ill patients who didn’t have COVID-19.
“We are definitely seeing a decrease in the number of COVID patients,” said Dr. Kent Hall, chief physician executive for the Mohawk Valley Health System. “However, our overall census is staying pretty flat. It’s going down a little bit, but not as far as the numbers would indicate from the lower COVID numbers.”
Bassett Healthcare Network has seen a similar phenomenon, agreed Dr. Kai Mebust, the network’s chief hospitalist. And many of those unexpected patients seem to be sicker than expected, he added, emphasizing that conclusion is based on anecdotal reports, not a formal analysis of data.
She cries at least once every shift from sheer emotional exhaustion, said a nurse at the St. Luke’s Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System.
“You just look at your patients and they’re not getting better,” said the nurse who has been caring for patients with COVID-19 at the New Hartford hospital.
One day five patients died, she said. “That’s disturbing on every level,” said the nurse, whose name is being withheld because she fears retaliation for talking to the media without permission.
This nurse and seven others five from the health system’s St. Elizabeth Campus in Utica and three from the St. Luke’s Campus told remarkably similar stories of trying to care for too many patients with too little help as the number of COVID-19 patients surged in January.