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Due To Flu Worries, Bassett Puts

Hold On Psychiatric Admissions

COOPERSTOWN – Effective immediately and in an effort to help curb the spread of influenza in the inpatient psychiatry unit, Bassett Hospital announced this week it is not accepting new psychiatric admissions. There are currently two confirmed cases of influenza and one suspected case among 11 patients.

“An outbreak of influenza in a closed psychiatry unit poses a unique set of challenges different from the acute care setting in a hospital. Our decision to close the unit to new admissions limits the possibility of infecting new patients with a condition that could complicate their care,” said Dr. Charles Hyman, Bassett chief medicine.

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