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Bassett: 90% of employees
vaccinated following mandate

By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

According to an internal email penned by Bassett Healthcare CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, vaccinations of its employees is now at 90%.

About two weeks ago, the vaccination rate was only 75%, according to Bassett officials.

Ibrahim said these numbers were increasing daily.

“Specifically, I want to say thank you to the many, many of you who have chosen to receive their COVID-19 vaccine,” Ibrahim wrote. “Whether you were among the first to get vaccinated in December, you just recently received your vaccine, or fall somewhere in between, I am so grateful for the choice that you made, and I know that our patients are as well.”

The decision for Bassett workers to be vaccinated came as a response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate that all healthcare workers should have the vaccine, whether or not the employee has cause for a religious exemption.

Bassett Healthcare has given a Sept. 27 deadline for employees to get at least one dose of the vaccine.

A Utica judge temporarily blocked the governor’s order after a lawsuit was filed by healthcare workers.

However, a Bassett Healthcare spokesperson told AllOtsego.com the stay on the mandate would not change Bassett’s plans to have all employees vaccinated by Sept. 27.

 

 

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  1. I for 1 am very happy that these HEALTH care works have gotten their shots to help prevent the spread of COVID. Why did you join the health care field, you want to help the sick, right! Well you just took a big step in doing just that by getting the injections, cutting the odds of you being the one to spread COVID. Thank you again and again.

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