Michael Gawel was released from the hospital Tuesday morning after being hospitalized for 68 days; most of his time there was spent on a ventilator in the ICU.
79-year-old cancer survivor successfully defeats two-month COVID-19 battle; released from NFMMC
Brooke Strangeland
and last updated 2021-01-23 15:15:46-05
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) â After a severe two-month bout with COVID-19, 79-year-old cancer survivor Richard Portale is now leaving Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
In mid-December, doctors asked Portale s family to begin making arrangements for hospice because they thought there would be no way he could beat COVID-19.
With the help of his son, also named Richard, and several prayer vigils and FaceTime calls, Richard was able to be released on Saturday successfully defeating COVID-19.
Portale is the the longest staying COVID-19 patient to survive this in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, and the first patient to receive the Regeneron cocktail.
Niagara Falls Mayor Restaino Announces the Disbursement of CARES Act Funds
By: Staff Reporter
On Friday, January 15th, 2021, Mayor Robert Restaino announces the disbursement of CARES Act grant funds to local community groups working to fight against the wide ranging effects of COVID-19 within the City of Niagara Falls community.
The CARES Act, or Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is a Federal grant working to support American people through the continuing public health crisis and economic impacts experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’ve gone through a series of these deliveries and several months ago, we had another group of individual entities that received funding”, said Mayor Restaino. Last year the City of Niagara Falls distributed over 1 Million dollars in CARES Act funds to various agencies and initiatives to assist in services and COVID-19 relief. Mayor Restaino continued by saying, “Then, once we received additional funding, we put out
COVID puts strain on hospital lab employees in Western New York
Five fully qualified, state-certified lab technologists originally from the Philippines will become permanent staffers at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 8:11 PM EST January 8, 2021
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. With the significant increase in COVID cases, our local hospitals and the staffers are feeling the strain.
The impact extends to various areas of hospitals and even hiring decisions.
We ve heard a lot about the dedication and heroic efforts of doctors and nurses with the COVID cases. But there is another group of workers at Erie County Medical Center and other local hospitals who are really under pressure as well.
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There was likely a lot of honking in front of this Hyde Park Boulevard home back in early April.
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Typically St. Patrickâs Day is a time of celebration â particularly in Niagara Falls where March 17 marks the day the city was incorporated.
There was no celebrating in the Falls or the rest of Niagara County in 2020.
This year, the date marked the first recorded case of COVID-19 in Niagara County
The case involved a 42-year-old woman who was hospitalized at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. It, and the many cases that followed changed virtually every aspect of our lives. It also introduced us to new concepts like social distancing and drive-by celebrations.