Schuyler County, NY, January 13, 2021– Vaccination is currently open to individuals in Phases 1A and 1B. Eligible individuals are encouraged to make an appointment to get vaccinated by reaching out to their healthcare provider or pharmacist or registering for a clinic through Schuyler County Public Health’s website. Schuyler County Public Health (SCPH) and Schuyler […]
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Cayuga Health Opens Additional COVID-19 Sampling Sites at Cayuga Medical Center and Cortland
Now Offering Five Sampling Sites to Support to Our Communities’ Health December 31, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health officials announced today that they will open two more COVID-19 sampling/testing locations – in Ithaca and Cortland on Monday, January 4th to help support increased demand in the area. The new Ithaca sampling site is located at […]
Schuyler Hospital and Schuyler Ambulance Receive Generous Donations from Watkins Glen Elks Club
December 29, 2020 Montour Falls, NY – Schuyler Hospital and Cayuga Health (CH) officials received a handsome check today of $4,000 for the Schuyler Hospital Foundation from the Watkins Glen Elks Club in front of Schuyler Hospital this afternoon. Schuyler County Volunteer Ambulance Association also received a $1,500 check from the Elks Club. “We are […]
Schuyler Hospital to Offer COVID-19 Saliva Testing at Drive-Through Location
December 22, 2020 Montour Falls, NY – Schuyler Hospital and Cayuga Health (CH) officials announced today that they will now offer COVID-19 saliva testing at their drive-through location at the front entrance of Schuyler Hospital. The sampling location was opened earlier this year and until now only offered swab testing. The Schuyler Hospital Sampling Site […]
Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility Reports an Increase in Active COVID-19 Positive Cases
Seneca View Team Has Taken Steps to Contain December 21, 2020 Montour Falls, NY – Schuyler Hospital officials announced today that they are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 positive cases at the Seneca View Skilled Nursing Facility. Currently there are 18 known positive cases at Seneca View, 14 of these residents are experiencing no symptoms. […]
First Cayuga Health Providers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
December 21, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health officials announced today that Dr. Keith Lambert, ER Physician, Kate Rosa, RN, and Dr. Sushilkumar Satish Gupta, Pulmonologist/Critical Care Specialist, were among the initial Cayuga Health employees to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The frontline providers received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, as part of […]
Schuyler Hospital to Provide Telehealth Services to SUNY Corning Community College Students & Faculty
Strengthening the community by working together to provide a safe, healthy environment. December 9, 2020, Ithaca, NY – Schuyler Hospital, a member of Cayuga Health, has partnered with SUNY Corning Community College (SUNY CCC) to provide ‘augmented’ telehealth and telemedicine services to SUNY CCC students, staff and faculty. “Telemedicine, typically, is the patient, the doctor […]
Schuyler Health Foundation Names New Members and Officers to Board of Directors
December 8, 2020 Montour Falls, NY – The Schuyler Health Foundation Board recently elected new Members and Officers to their Board of Directors for 2020-2021. Elected Returning Officers on the Executive Committee are Brenda Warren-Fitch as Chairperson and Jerry Mickelson as Secretary/Treasurer/Secretary. New to the Executive Committee is Erin Thaete as Vice-Chairperson. Newly elected Directors […]
Seneca View COVID-19 Update to Residents and Families 11 10 2020
November 10, 2020 To all Seneca View Residents, Families, and Staff: Since early October we have been contacting families weekly via phone to provide updates on our slowly evolving COVID-19 situation. Today, I am pleased to inform you that the affected nursing unit has not had any new occurrences of the virus for more than […]
Schuyler Hospital Screening Entrances Temporarily Changed
As a follow-up to our announcement yesterday regarding the temporary restriction of visitation hours at Schuyler Hospital, please note the following change in COVID-19 screening entrances. Hospital outpatients should enter via the Hospital Main Entrance for screening Monday through Friday 6 a.m.-5 p.m. only. Rehab patients may choose to enter via the new North Entrance […]