Guard Honors Bassett System
For Making Doctors Available
![Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, adjutant general of New York State, presents Bassett President & CEO Vance M. Brown with the “Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond Award.” Dr. William LeCates, who has completed three deployments since 2013, nominated Bassett and Brown for the award, which was presented Thursday. “The support system we have back home when we serve is critically important,” Murphy told Vance at the award ceremony. “All of you are there for our servicemen and women every day making it possible for us to deploy in service to our country. Through your support of Lieutenant Colonel LeCates and others, you have impacted countless lives.” (Bassett Hospital photo)](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GenMurphy_01.jpg)
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