Rochester Regional Health
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Rochester Regional Health released a statement, ensuring uninterrupted care for the community during a potential nurses strike at Rochester General Hospital this week. If the strike were to happen, RRH said RGH will operate at normal business hours and has contracted hundreds of replacement nurses who were carefully selected and trained from a national agency. […]
If you’re going to need care, you might have trouble at RGH the hospital is preparing for Nurses to go on strike if an agreement isn’t met. The Nurses Union is planning to vote on a strike on Thursday. Negotiations between the Union and hospital management have been going on since last October. Hopefully the […]
Dr. Keith Grams, the head of Rochester Regional Health’s emergency medicine, is addressing wait times at its hospitals. According to Dr. Grams, the backlog of people waiting in the emergency department has worsened over the last few weeks because of a couple of factors. He stated: “Rochester Regional emergency departments are experiencing significant more overcapacity […]
According to officials over at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health, hospital visitation will resume next week in a limited capacity. The announcement came from URMC Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Apostolakos and RRH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Mayo. “I’m so pleased to see this change and I hope everyone […]
Rochester Regional Health suspended visitation to all hospitals in the Finger Lakes region because of the increase in COVID-19 cases. The suspension in visitations began on Sunday. Rochester Regional Health (Rochester General Hospital), Unity Hospital in Greece, UMMC in Batavia, Genesee County, and Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic in Clifton Springs. Also, Ontario County are […]
The Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing is opening a location at the former Medley Centre in Irondequoit. The building will be constructed where Macy’s used to be, which is now Skyview On The Ridge. Currently, the school’s location is at the Wegmans Center for Workforce Development on Portland Avenue. Class sizes are increasing, […]
Normally, around this time of year Rochester Regional Health has its annual gala, but due to the coronavirus pandemic they went about it a different way.. The gala is designed to be a fundraiser that asks for donations for healthcare programs and to celebrate the commitment of the staff for all the hard work they […]
Can anyone remember when the Irondequoit mall–was actually an operating mall? Seems like a million years ago. Apparently the mall will now be home to senior living housing and a community center. Supposedly 160 affordable senior living apartments will be built in the old Sears and Seely spaces. Citizens Bank announced this week that they […]
While at the Rochester Regional Health auditorium, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Rochester was one of several sites in the Rochester-Finger Lakes nine-county region that had passed a checklist of goals/requirements for Phase 1 re-opening. This will be the first time since March 20 that certain businesses have been allowed to re-open their locations to […]
Black Americans were among the hardest hit demographics by the coronavirus, but a light is at the end of the tunnel regarding new testing sites becoming available in New York state. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said (https://13wham.com/news/local/ny-antibody-testing-begins-today) on Sunday that the state would begin testing for COVID-19 antibodies within the population. Fox56.com reported (https://fox56.com/news/coronavirus/some-grocery-stores-including-wegmans-chosen-for-antibody-testingasome-ny-grocery-stores-including-wegmans-chosen-for-antibody-testing) […]
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