Healthcare groups take different vax views Despite court stay, Bassett to require employees to comply; Cooperstown Center asks state to reconsider By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Healthcare groups in Otsego County are dealing with the state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and the need to keep their facilities staffed. Bassett Healthcare Network, one of the largest employers in the area, is determined to vaccinate its entire workforce in spite of backlash and the potential loss of employees. Bassett…
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Protesters against vaccine mandate march to A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Hundreds of protesters, along with Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, marched to A.O. Fox Hospital and through Main Street Friday, Sept. 17, to protest the vaccine mandate put in place for healthcare workers. The protesters chanted slogans such as “stop the mandate” as they walked through downtown Oneonta towards the hospital. There were signs that said “unmask our children” and “protect…
Bassett Healthcare has Sept. 27, deadline for employees to be vaccinated By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — In response to the state government mandating vaccinations for all healthcare workers, Bassett Healthcare has given its employees a deadline of Monday, Sept. 27, in order to have the first dose of the vaccine. The mandate does not offer room for religious exemption but it does allow medical exemptions. An internal email, penned by Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, CEO of Bassett…
Healthcare workers must now get COVID vaccine Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com All healthcare workers in New York State will now be required to get the COVID vaccine with the first dose being received no later than Monday, Sept. 27. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this on Tuesday, Aug. 17, and it applies to hospital workers as well as long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. There will be limited exceptions for either religious or medical reasons. Dr. Tommy Ibrahim…
Parts of FoxCare Center closed because of loss of water Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare’s FoxCare Center, including FoxCare Fitness, were partially closed Wednesday, Aug.11, due to water loss. In an email, Bassett said that patients with appointments are being contacted directly while they work to resolve the issue.…
COVID-19 vaccines expanded to out-patient locations STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare announced in a press release Thursday, July 1, that vaccines are available in out-patient locations, such as primary care and pediatric clinics. Patients 12 and up are eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine at these locations; 18 and up can receive Moderna or Johnson and Johnson as well as Pfizer. “Obtaining vaccines in our clinics is a wonderful stride towards improving access for all our patients…
Bassett Healthcare to partner with museum studies program for inclusive artwork STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, which focuses on museum studies, has partnered with Bassett Healthcare to create inclusive artwork which represents greater diversity for patient spaces. Professor Cynthia Falk’s “Gender-Taste-Space” class selected art which depicts different racial, gender, ethnic and religious persuasions. The Gender Wellness Center team selected pieces to be purchased for display. “The principles of diversity, equity and inclusion are essential…
Bassett Healthcare to collaborate with healthcare company Optum on technology By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare announced Tuesday, May 25 that they will be collaborating with Optum, a healthcare innovation company, in order to streamline health services through the use of technology, making providing care cheaper and more efficient. About 500 Bassett employees will be given the option of transitioning to work with Optum. Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, President and CEO of Bassett, said the move would “really improve…
Breaking: Bassett Healthcare announces shake up in top positions STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare announced Friday, May 14, that several people in high levels of leadership in the company were departing. Ronette Wiley, vice president of operations and chief quality and experience officer, along with Donna Anderson, chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, would be leaving their positions. “We are appreciative of their contributions and many years service to our health system and wish them…
BASSETT EASES RESTRICTIONS Visitors Allowed To Visit Patients COOPERSTOWN – Beginning today, Bassett Healthcare Network is resuming partial visitation for inpatients at its hospitals: Bassett in Cooperstown, Fox in Oneonta, Cobleskill Regional, Little Falls and O’Connor in Delhi. Visitation hours are limited to 1-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. weekdays. On weekends, hours will be 1-5 p.m. One visitor at a time will be allowed, with a maximum of two patients a day — four hours total per patient.…
