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, said if employees are not vaccinated by Sept. 27, "you will no longer meet the regulatory requirements to be employed by Bassett Healthcare Network."
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