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Barry Wright, Westfield Memorial Hospital facilities manager, is pictured with Karen Surkala, Westfield Memorial Hospital president.
WESTFIELD Thirteen first response groups have a new supply of personal protective equipment thanks to the Allegheny Health Network.
As the ongoing support of local EMS providers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic continues from both Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network is providing bulk supplies of personal protective equipment to local EMS agencies.
The effort has been ongoing for a couple of weeks, and on Tuesday, it was Westfield Memorial Hospital’s turn.
“Today we’re distributing PPE to volunteer fire departments and EMS providers throughout Chautauqua County,” said Westfield Memorial Hospital president Karen Surkala. “It’s part of Westfield Hospital’s, Allegheny Health Network’s, and Highmark’s initiative to give back to the peopl
Apr 2, 2021
WESTFIELD A The Community Blood Bank blood drive will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Friday, April 9, in the Westfield Memorial Hospital parking lot.
Call 814-456-4206 schedule an appointment to donate or visit www.fourhearts.org. Appointments are encouraged to help adhere to social distancing and other safety protocols.
Community Blood Bank officials said current blood supply levels are critically low. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to add an additional stress on the already strained blood supply. Due to the ongoing pandemic, around 30% of the Community Blood Bank’s blood drive partners are forced to cancel their routine blood drives.
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Pat Faust of Youngsville, Pa., is pictured Wednesday receiving her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A mass vaccination site will open at the Jamestown Community College campus in Olean this week, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed announced Wednesday
A mass COVID-19 vaccination site is coming to the Jamestown Community College campus in Olean.
About 3,500 doses will be available to eligible residents when the site comes online, which U.S. Rep. Tom Reed announced will be this week. To date, many looking to get vaccinated have had to travel to sites outside the region with only a handful of small clinics held locally at the State University of New York at Fredonia and Jamestown Community College. In addition, there have been treatments offered by Brooks-TLC Hospital System Inc. in Dunkirk, Westfield Memorial Hospital and some area CVS pharmacies on a limited basis.
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Feb 21, 2021
Celebrating the success of the 2020 annual campaign are Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Board members, standing left, Patricia Gaughan DiPalma, executive director; Dr. Kathryn Bronstein, foundation board president; and Colleen Meeder, foundation board secretary. Seated from left are Jon Northrop, vice president; and Christine Adams, treasurer.
WESTFIELD Donors to the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation donated close to $280,000 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to support the foundation’s mission.
With its partner, Allegheny Health Network, AHN-Westfield Memorial Hospital worked to be among the first in the area to disperse the available COVID-19 vaccine to doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, frontline essential workers, and those 75 years and older, during the first six weeks of 2021.