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Courtesy of Bradford Regional Medical Center The Bradford Regional Medical Center will no longer have a surgical department starting in April, the Upper Allegheny Health System, which operates Bradford Regional and the Olean General Hospital in New York, announced Wednesday. The Upper Allegheny Health System said it’s consolidating its acute care and surgical services to Olean General, which is about 20 miles northeast of Bradford. The decision will leave 10 beds in service at the Bradford hospital and will move the sleep study and occupational health services to Bradford.  “However, t...

ALFRED — The Nursing Department at Alfred State College recognizes and thanks the healthcare facilities that continued to support the department and its students this past semester, particularly in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During the fall 2020 semester, several healthcare facilities provided valuable clinical experiences to ASC nursing students, including: Olean General Hospital, Jones Memorial Hospital (Wellsville), Cuba Memorial Hospital, Highland Rehabilitation Center (Wellsville), Steuben Centers (Bath), St. James Hospital (Hornell), Guthrie Hospital (Corning), Noy...

Western New York has 'hiccups' in vaccine distribution process ECMC and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center are two hospitals where initial doses of vaccines were distributed to the wrong place Author: Liz Lewin (WGRZ) Updated: 2:04 AM EST December 18, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Approve the vaccine, prepare for the vaccine, distribute the vaccine. That's the expectation shared by most leading up to the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine and now the Moderna vaccine.  However, as Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz stated earlier Thursday, there have been some issues ...

Poloncarz: COVID vaccine doses intended for ECMC go to 2 Kaleida Health hospitals instead 2 On Your Side asked how Pfizer vaccine doses intended for workers at ECMC ended up going to two Kaleida Health hospitals. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 8:46 PM EST December 17, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Initial doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are in the process of being sent to hospitals across New York state. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says there was a distribution issue with doses slated for Erie County Medical Center. This is the second time in two days we're h...

OLEAN — Dr. Jeremy Barnett admits that he cries when his patients are taken off ventilators and tell him they’re hungry or thirsty because it is then he knows they’ll likely survive COVID-19 or other serious illnesses. Barnett, who works in the intensivist unit at Olean General Hospital, which cares for critically ill patients affected by the coronavirus and other health crises, spoke of the overall success of the unit since the onset of the pandemic over nine months ago. Barnett, formerly of Westchester Medical Center near Manhattan, and his new associate, Dr. Christine Healey...