(new) NORMAL ARRIVES Moving Beyond COVID, Bassett Hospital Opens For Regular Treatments By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No new cases in a week in Otsego County. No hospitalizations at Bassett facilities either. At a press conference Tuesday, May 12, in Bassett Hall, Healthcare Network leaders said the region has entered a new phase in the wake of its battle with the coronavirus. The network is already starting to ramp its number of surgeries back up and…
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Only One COVID Case Left Locally By ELIZABETH COOPERS • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Just one case. That’s where Otsego County’s COVID-19 numbers are right now. The Tuesday, May 5, data from the county Health Department showed, for the first time, no new cases for the past five days. Of the 62 total cases found in the county since March 23, 57 had recovered and four had succumbed to the virus. The one remaining patient is hospitalized. County Public…
With Elective Surgery, Bassett Normalizing By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As COVID-19 cases slow and the virus appears more contained, Bassett Hospital is beginning to start the process of returning to a new version of normalcy. “We realized that things that could be put off for a few weeks can no longer be deferred,” said Dr. William LeCates, hospital president. “What was elective for a week or two is often not for two to three months.”…
SIRENS, LIGHTS, HORNS SOUND Fire Companies Salute Our Healthcare Heroes Fire trucks from Cooperstown area companies descended on the corner of Fair Street and Atwell Road – the middle of Bassett Hospital’s campus – at 6:30 p.m. this evening, sirens sounding and horns blowing, in tribute to Bassett Hospital employees who have been on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. About 100 staffers from the ER, security and other departments poured out onto the lawn, ignoring the…
Bassett CEO Says Scourge Declines, But Stay Vigilant By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rates of positive COVID-19 cases in the Bassett Healthcare Network’s eight-county region, including Otsego, are starting to come down. In the past week, 6-8 percent of tests taken across the Bassett Network’s region were positive. That’s down from 10 percent the week before. In an interview Tuesday, April 21, Bassett Network CEO Bill Streck said there are several possible reasons, one being that the…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Tuesday, 4/21 Low-Risk Hospitals Can Again Conduct Elective Surgeries Restriction May Be Lifted At Bassett ALBANY – In daily briefing, Governor Cuomo announced today that elective outpatient treatments can resume in counties and hospitals without significant risk of COVID-19 surge in the near term. Hospitals will be able to resume performing elective outpatient treatments next Monday if the hospital capacity is over 25 percent for the county and if there have been fewer than 10 new hospitalizations of…
Streck Says Downstate Ventilator-Grab Stalls Deal: For Now, Only Inventory Required By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – National Guard troops will not be taking ventilators from upstate hospitals for use in downstate hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus. In an executive order signed Tuesday, April 7, Governor Cuomo backtracked on statements made Friday about issuing an executive order to requisition medical supplies, including 20 percent of unused ventilators, and having the National Guard help ensure compliance. Instead,…
Police: Woman Spit On Bassett Employees COOPERSTOWN – A woman was arrested after she allegedly spit on Bassett Hospital employees and told them she had COVID-19, according to Cooperstown Police Officer David Kaminski. “A female was being seeing by staff at Bassett when she became irate and began spitting in several staff member’s faces,” said Kaminski. “She then told them she had coronavirus.”…
BASSETT HOLDS OWN – SO FAR Numbers Climb, But More Tests Available, Beds Not Lacking Yet By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Nine days ago there were no Coronavirus patients among people who called Otsego County home. As of Tuesday, March 31, there were 16. And one of those, Brenda Utter of Morris, has died. Patients range in age from 20 to 75, county health officials said. There are 53 people more on mandatory quarantine because they have…
Sheriff: Employee Stole Face Masks From Bassett COOPERSTOWN – A Morris woman was accused of stealing face masks and alcohol prep pads from Bassett Hospital, where she worked as a contracted employee, according to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department. Josie D. Wright, 33, was arrested after Bassett Security called the Sheriff’s Department to assist them in an investigation into the thefts of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the hospital.…
