When people ask me what’s the secret to reaching my 100th birthday, I tell them faith, family and eating right. I also say that I had a lot of help from the doctors at Mercy Hospital. That’s because at 99, I had a heart attack. I was first taken to...
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It’s hard to tell which place Shelley Knox is more committed to – South Buffalo or Mercy Hospital. “I’ve never moved, never lived anywhere else,” she tells me. Then again, Shelley has worked in environmental services (EVS) at Mercy...
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After working for 15 years at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Nicole Brown thought she had seen it all. Then, COVID-19 happened. “It was scary,” Nicole, an environmental services (EVS) worker, says about the pandemic. “I always prayed before I...
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Mercy Hospital of Buffalo unveiled a major Emergency Department (ED) renovation project on Friday, June 11, designed to improve patient care and efficiency. The over $500,000 donor-funded project reconfigured existing space in the ED reception area to...
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Mercy Hospital joined the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement last year and recently earned its highest level of recognition as an Age-Friendly Health System—Committed to Care Excellence. The hospital is pleased to announce that its commitment to this...
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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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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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For the eighth consecutive year, the Mercy Hospital Comprehensive Stroke Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target: Honor Roll...
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Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has received the Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and the Silver Plus STEMI Receiving Center Quality Achievement Award for achieving specific quality measures outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA)...
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Advanced Technology Offers a Chance at Survival When Ventilators Aren’t Enough There has been a lot of talk about the use of ventilators in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19. But Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has another, less publicized medical...
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