Carthage Area Hospital in Lewis County will be taking on the management of Claxton s outpatient and acute care services. Patients will keep their doctors.
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From left are Ramona Kennedy, CHMC Auxiliary Liaison, Brandon Bowline, CHMC Chief Operating Officer, Diane Dailey, CHMC Auxiliary President, Randy Fipps, CHMC Administrator of System Integration and Behavioral Health, Darlene Liscum, CHMC Auxiliary Vice President, & Richard Duvall, CHMC Chief Executive Officer. Photo submitted by CHMC.
OGDENSBURG Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Foundation received a $100,000 donation from the CHMC Auxiliary for the construction of the Children’s Mental Health Unit at CHMC.
“Inpatient psychiatry services for children and adolescents is a growing need in the North Country.
At Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, when we see a child or adolescent in the Emergency Department who requires more than outpatient care, we are forced to wait for an open space in one of the few hospitals in the state who offer inpatient children’s mental health,” said Randy Fipps CHMC Administrator of System Integ
OGDENSBURG â Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center became one of the first hospitals in St. Lawrence County to administer the primary doses of Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday.
A total of 500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the hospital on Tuesday and were readily available the following day to any Claxton-Hepburn health care worker who chose to get vaccinated.
âThe vaccine helps us to protect the most valuable asset we have, being the frontline health care workers,â said Gregory Guimond, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Centerâs director of pharmacy. âThey keep the hospital going and provide care to the community.â
Bottles of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen in a refrigerator at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times