Bassett Healthcare forced to cut service because of worker shortages By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Just one day after the vaccination mandate deadline, Bassett Healthcare was forced to cut services in certain areas because of a loss of staff members, Tuesday, Sept. 28. Bassett announced the changes Tuesday, calling it a need to “redeploy staff temporarily” because of shortages. Services affected include outpatient laboratory draws, which are now by appointment only. Cooperstown Convenient Care has been forced to…
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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…
‘Warming Station’ May Aid Local Homeless By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Gabrielle Argo and Jennifer Schuman have a plan to make sure that no one will face the bitter cold nights alone. “We were seeing people coming into the Fox Hospital Emergency Room trying to get out of the cold,” said Argo, the hospital spokesman. “But that takes away staff and services for those people who need resources, and it sparked a conversation.” The Fox Hospital…
