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Samaritan Locations Impacted by City of Watertown Water Main Break
Monday, October 23, 2023 Update:The City of Watertown boil water notice has been officially lifted this afternoon. Samaritan locations are following strict protocol from the New York State Department of Health to ensure we are flushing our water systems and…
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Rededication of Memorial Garden at Thompson Park Honoring Perinatal Grief
Watertown, NY – After more than a year of gardening work and memories resurfacing, the Baby Memorial Garden at Thompson Park has been renewed. It is now properly marked with a plaque identifying its purpose, which started over 30 years…
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Samaritan’s Pilot Emergency Nurse Residency Program sees Success with recent Graduate
Watertown, NY – On September 14, Sarah Wallace, RN, was the first to complete the Samaritan Medical Center Emergency Nurse Residency Program. “The main reason for my participation in the Emergency Nurse Residency Program stems from the love for emergency…
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Samaritan Announces Apogee Hospitalist Group Recipient of Program of the Year Award
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is proud to announce that its contracted hospitalist group, Apogee Physicians, led by Dr. Asim Kichloo, program director, recently won the “Program of the Year” award. Apogee is the largest Hospitalist group in the…
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Local Bikers Raise $15,500 for Children’s Miracle Network of NNY
Adams, NY — The Azz Dogz-Northern Chapter, a motorcycle group that meets at the Adams Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), holds various events each year to raise funds for a local charity. They selected Children’s Miracle Network of Northern New…
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Samaritan Medical Center Announces Expansion of Emergency Department Behavioral Health Secure Unit
Watertown, NY – Samaritan’s emergency department (ED) will undergo a construction project to expand and enhance the care of psychiatric patients within the secure behavioral health unit (BHU). The expansion is needed as the average daily census of patients has…
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Samaritan Summit Village to host Senior Living Seminar
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Summit Village, 22691 Campus Dr, is hosting a Senior Living Seminar on Wednesday, October 18, from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The half-day seminar is free and open to anyone planning or helping to plan senior…
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Samaritan Home Health has earned the 2022 SHPBest™ “Superior Performer” Patient Satisfaction Award
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Home Health has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20 percent of all eligible SHP clients for the 2022…
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Samaritan Health System Announces Return to Required Face Mask Use in All Facilities
Watertown, NY – Based on an increase in COVID-19 positivity metrics Samaritan has made the cautious decision to require masking in all locations for staff, patients, and visitors until further notice. This decision comes from seeing an increase in positive…
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Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Announced
Watertown, New York — Samaritan Medical Center Foundation of Northern New York is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Susan Peters Scholarship. The 2023 scholarships awardees were Joseph Donoghue and Maegan Castle. Joseph is a Registered Nurse in…