There is a definite spike in COVID-19 cases around the region and as a result, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) in Utica is reverting back to visitation restrictions beginning this weekend.
Mohawk Valley Health System’s COVID-19 testing site, formerly located on Burrstone Road, will open on the St. Luke’s Campus in the former offices of Pre-Admission testing starting tomorrow.
Should we shelter the vulnerable and just let everybody else get COVID-19 and solve this virus problem once and for all? A handful of doctors presented a report to the White House that a herd immunity approach to the virus was the answer. The report drew strong criticism from doctors and scientists around the world, including Dr. Kent Hall of MVHS.
The Chief Executive Physician at MVHS was on Keeler on Thursday morning discussing the latest announcement of layoffs and extended furloughs at the Mohawk Valley Health Systems in Utica, Dr. Kent Hall told WIBX that the losses suffered from the pandemic have placed the hospital in a position, similar to so many other hospitals across the country, where they have to make changes just to survive.