HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30 In Case Of Emergency, Donate Blood To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30-6:30 p.m. Bassett Hall Auditorium, 1 Atwell Rd, Cooperstown. To make an appointment visit www.redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-733-2767, or call the clinical lab office (607)547-3701. Walk-ins are welcome. GIFT SALE – 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Chapel, Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, Mary Dunkle mdunkle@stny.rr.com…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 Marketing Tourism Discussed At Oneonta TOURISM ROUNDTABLE– 8:30-10 a.m. Professionals invited to open participatory tourism marketing roundtable with tourism leaders. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Coffee and bagels served. Reservations required by Nov. 1. Info, Barbara Heegan baheegan@otsegocc.com, (607)432-4500 ext. 207. SUNY THEATER – 8 p.m. Theater department production of “The Good Person of Szechwan.” Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, oneonta.edu/academics/theatre/…
Truck Hits Power Pole, Knocking Out Power To Downtown, Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Truck hit a power pole at the end of Beaver and Fair Streets this morning, knocking out power to some homes and businesses along Main Street, and resulting in Bassett Hospital converting to generator power for less than two hours. NYSEG repaired the damaged transformer shortly after 10 a.m. and Bassett quickly restored normal operations, according to hospital spokesman Karen Huxtable.…
Bassett Wins Gold For Stroke Care COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital has been recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for its quality care of patients, receiving the “Get With the Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus & Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll Award. “Time is brain,” said Dr. Paul Deringer, Bassett division chief of neurology and stroke director. “A patient having a stroke loses 1.9 million nerve cells every minute. So prompt treatment is vital to reduce the chance of…
Anesthesia Researcher Wins 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Prize COOPERSTOWN – Shashank Kotakonda, M.D., internal medicine resident in his third year of training at Bassett Hospital, has won the 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Award for exceptional research. The award is named for the Bassett’s physician-in-chief from 1955 to 1963, who received the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation. He performed the first such transplant at Bassett in 1956.…
Bassett, Oneida Healthcare Announce Partnership Plans COOPERSTOWN – Oneida Healthcare and Bassett Healthcare Network today announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement. Oneida Healthcare President and CEO Gene Morreale says the board of trustees has been considering the benefits of a partnership with a larger health system for three years, and decided on Bassett because of its experience in primary care, population health management and accountable care. Earlier this year, Bassett opened the doors on a new primary care…
At Home Care’s Laurie Neander Wins State Group’s Top Award ONEONTA – The Home Care Association (HCA) of New York State has named At Home Care, Inc., CEO Laurie Neander the recipient of its highest honor – the Ruth F. Wilson Award. In making the announcement at the organization’s annual conference in Saratoga Springs this week, HCA President Joanne Cunningham called Neander one of the most innovative and talented contributors to improving the vital practice of home care.…
Ailing College Student Brings ‘Be The Match’ To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Stephanie Talaia-Murray was diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of last year. The 21-year-old geology major at Hamilton College was stunned by the news from her doctor at Bassett Hospital. “I had some facial lesions that prompted me to make an appointment to get checked out,” recalls Talaia-Murray. “It was during my treatment for the skin problem that a blood test showed my white blood cell count was quite low.…
New Director At Bassett Research Institute COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Anne Gadomski, senior research scientist and pediatrician at Bassett Hospital, today was appointed director of the Bassett Research Institute, succeeding Dr. John May, who retired. In addition to assuming directorship of the Bassett Research Institute, Gadomski will retain her position as an attending pediatrician at Bassett Hospital. She earned her medical degree from University of Rochester, and her master’s degree in public health and postdoctoral degree from Johns Hopkins University in…