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Adirondack Health CEO Sylvia Getman, seen here with Adirondack Daily Enterprise Managing Editor Peter Crowley, gives a tour of the Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center to reporters and editors in January 2019. (News photo Andy Flynn)
SARANAC LAKE The last year of Adirondack Health CEO and President Sylvia Getman’s 30-year career has been marked by the largest health care emergency in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the importance of the health care organization’s role in the community, and at the same time increased the stress and long hours of her job. Getman said this all played a role in her decision to retire soon.
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Sylvia Getman speaks at a coronavirus press conference in March 2020, before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended wearing masks to limit the spread of the virus.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) SARANAC LAKE The last year of Adirondack Health CEO and President Sylvia Getman’s 30-year career has been marked by the largest health care emergency in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the importance of the health care organization’s role in the community, and at the same time increased the stress and long hours of her job. Getman said this all played a role in her decision to retire this summer.