Today, Governor Cuomo announced a hub approach to implementing the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Administration Plan and named Catholic Health the Western Region Hub Lead. Incorporating the western Economic Development area, the region includes Erie,...
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Catholic Health’s hospitals lead the region in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade Report, including the only two “A” Safety Grades in Western New York. Kenmore Mercy and Mount St. Mary’s hospitals earned two of only fourteen...
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Mercy Hospital announced today that it has become the first acute care hospital in the Buffalo region to join a nationwide movement, called the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative, to improve healthcare for older adults. As part of the AFHS...
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A brand new computed-tomography (CT) scanner went into service at Kenmore Mercy in November, providing a vastly improved and versatile diagnostic tool for patients in the hospital’s Emergency Department. The $788,000 SOMATOM Definition Edge Plus CT Scanner,...
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Ask a friend or family member – getting a colonoscopy isn’t exactly the most popular pastime. But they’re very common procedures, and you may be surprised to learn just how many people you know have already had one. Given that colon cancer is...
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Scott Bieler, a successful local business leader and President and CEO of West Herr Automotive Group, continues to be a very grateful former patient and friend of Mercy Hospital. During these trying times and recent surge of the pandemic in our Western New...
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It still astounds me that I was among the first patients admitted to the Sisters Hospital St. Joseph Campus for COVID-19. You see, I am young, healthy, and into sports including tennis and coaching basketball. So when I was sick for about a week in March, I...
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As first-time parents, having a baby was stressful enough for my husband and I. Delivering our daughter, Mila, during the COVID-19 pandemic took that stress to a whole new level. But we are so grateful for the care we received at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital...
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I have learned that “superheroes” are real and some live right here in Western New York. One of my “superheroes” is a medical device – the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). This past April it saved my long-time partner Craig...
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My dad, Walter Monahan, meant so many things to so many people. He was the bedrock of our family. A husband and father. Grandfather. U.S. Navy veteran. Eucharistic minister at his church. Sadly, in March of this year, he was also one of the first people in...
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