New Yorkers told harrowing tales of unclean conditions and dangerously long ER waits in hospitals from the Finger Lakes to Hudson Valley.

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Sun Mar 26 2023

 
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Patients in NY's broken ER system face long waits, compromised care

Jeffrey Levine of Brighton ended up spending eight hours in the Emergency Department at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester last month before being admitted for appendicitis.

New Yorkers told harrowing tales of unclean conditions and dangerously long ER waits in hospitals from the Finger Lakes to Hudson Valley.

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URMC, University of Rochester Medical Center, includes Strong Memorial Hospital, Golisano Children's Hospital, and the Wilmot Cancer Institute to name some of its patient care facilities on Feb. 23, 2022. The emergency department entrance to Strong Memorial Hospital is located on Elmwood Ave. in Rochester, NY to the right of the hospital's main entrance. The domed structure is also part of the ED.
 
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How one NY hospital is trying to ease ER overcrowding, long waits

 

About 4 million New Yorkers make 7 million visits to ERs per year that do not result in a hospital stay. Many of these visits are preventable.

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New York state area code map shows the addition of 329 in the Mid Hudson region.
 

Getting a new phone line? Expect a new area code, not 845

 

Your 845 number won't change. But if you add a line and need a new number, it will have the new area code.

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New York State Sen. Shelley Mayer joined several lawmakers, superintendents and advocates to call on Gov. Kathy Hochul to include free school meals for all New York students in the state budget.
 

All NY students should get free lunch, educators, advocates say

 

A federal program that subsidized school lunches for two years during the pandemic ended in June, which advocates say has left families struggling.

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Orange County man convicted of firing at police with 'ghost gun'

 

An Orange County man was convicted of attempted murder of two police officers in Sullivan County Court on Friday.

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