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Community raises concerns on hospital merger of Schenectady’s Ellis Hospital and Albany’s St. Peter’s
SCHENECTADY Amy Sarah LaMena had an ectopic scare several years ago. As a Catholic she knew she would have to choose between saving her life and continuing to be there for her other two children and having an abortion or continuing the pregnancy and possibly dying at the Catholic hospital where she sought care.
“As a Catholic the idea of abortion hurt, but not as much as the fear of my two young sons losing their mother,” part of her comment stated. “While I mercifully did not have to face that choice that day, I have thought about it a lot since. Catholic hospitals are only allowed to end a pregnancy through an ‘indirect’ abortion, via a salpingectomy (removal of the Fallopian tube). Will women have to choose to s
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NYCLU joining forum on merger of Schenectady’s Ellis Hospital and Albany’s St. Peter’s | The Daily Gazette
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The New York Civil Liberties Union is joining a coalition seeking transparency in the merger of Schenectady’s Ellis Medicine and Albany’s St. Peter’s Health Partners.
“We are really interested, as the entire coalition is, in the preservation of healthcare,” said Allie Bohm, policy counsel for the NYCLU.
Bohm said a couple of people from the coalition reached out to the non-profit civil rights organization regarding the forum and what was happening with the hospital merger. Bohm said the NYCLU will join tomorrow’s community forum on the merger, but will mainly be working in the background answering questions, forwarding questions and listening to what participants have to say.
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Schenectady coalition to host forum on proposed Ellis-St. Peter’s hospital merger | The Daily Gazette
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Community members will have an opportunity March 4 to voice concerns or raise questions about the merger between Schenectady’s Ellis Medicine and Albany’s St. Peter’s Health Partners during a forum put on by the Schenectady Coalition for Healthcare Access.
“The people of our community may not be aware that this partnership is being finalized,” said Legislator Michelle Ostrelich in a news release sent Thursday on the forum. “It is the responsibility of this coalition to inform the public of the immense impact this partnership will have on people living in and around Schenectady County and to ensure that both institutions take the necessary steps to preserve healthcare access.”