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Samaritan Medical Center Announces Plans to Resume Elective Outpatient Procedures
Watertown, N.Y. – Samaritan Medical Center received a dose of good news on April 21 when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced hospitals in counties without a significant risk of a COVID-19 surge in the near term can resume elective outpatient surgeries…
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Samaritan Announces Temporary Changes to Clinics and Outpatient Services
WATERTOWN, NY – In response to changing patient volumes and recent staff furloughs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Samaritan Health has announced temporary changes to its outpatient clinics and services. These changes expand upon a previous consolidation of Samaritan’s Family…
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Samaritan Now Offering Rapid COVID-19 Testing
WATERTOWN, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is now offering rapid testing for COVID-19, with results for certain patients available in approximately one hour. Samaritan’s Laboratory began rapid testing on Thursday, April 16th, after acquiring the Cepheid GeneXpert® XVI testing instrument….
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Samaritan Medical Center Announces Staff Furloughs and Management Pay Cuts as COVID-19 Crisis Results in Disruption of Patient Volumes and Revenue at Hospitals Locally, Regionally, and Nationwide
Watertown, N.Y. – As the COVID-19 health crisis continues to challenge the healthcare industry, Samaritan Health leadership has made the difficult decision to furlough approximately 10 percent of its employees effective April 17, 2020. In addition, the following drastic measures…
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Samaritan Medical Center to Reopen Renovated Emergency Department Entrance, Temporarily Close Main Entrance
WATERTOWN, NY – Samaritan Medical Center’s Emergency Department (ED) entrance, which has been closed for renovations since late January, will reopen this Friday, April 17, at 7:00 a.m. At the same time, the hospital’s main entrance, which served as the…
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Children’s Miracle Network Partners with Staples to Collect Personal Protective Equipment for Samaritan Medical Center
WATERTOWN, NY – Children’s Miracle Network of Northern New York is proud to join a nationwide partnership between Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Staples US Retail to collect personal protective equipment (PPE) for Samaritan Medical Center. The collaboration, which will…
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Children’s Hospitals Week Continues in Spite of COVID-19
Awareness week encourages support for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of Northern New York Watertown, NY — The COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the globe is rapidly changing the way we live. You feel this in your own life. We feel…
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Samaritan Reports First Inpatient Case of COVID-19
WATERTOWN, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is reporting its first inpatient case of COVID-19. The patient arrived at the hospital with respiratory problems and, based on symptoms, was tested for COVID-19 and admitted to the hospital. The patient was cared…
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Local Organizations Innovate to Provide Essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Samaritan
WATERTOWN, NY – With COVID-19 causing a nationwide shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at medical facilities, a group of local manufacturing companies, educational institutions and architects are stepping up to produce face shields for healthcare workers at Samaritan. Face…
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Four Confirmed Jefferson County Resident COVID-19 Cases
Today — March 26, 2020 — the third and fourth cases of individuals with positive COVID-19 in Jefferson County were confirmed by LabCorp laboratory. The individuals are Jefferson County residents, and are now in mandatory isolation by the Jefferson County…