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Medical Monday 11/2/26: Urology with Dr. Seamus Barrett
We welcome Dr. Seamus Barrett of Capital Region Urology, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. Ray Graf hosts. Call at show time (2pm) with your question. 800-348-2551. Email: VoxPop@WAMC.org. Dr. Barrett is a general urologist. A Capital Region native, he earned his medical degree from Albany...
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Becket Residents Can Now Monitor Air Quality Data 24/7/365
Initiated by Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Senior Planner Britney Danials, working closely with town officials, two sites in Becket are now monitoring air quality 24/7/365 as part of the Berkshire County Clean Air Project, a county-wide effort to improve knowledge about neighborhood-level air quality in support of public health, environmental planning, and community awareness.
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St. Peter’s Hospital Continues its Reckless and Costly Ways
In 2013, St. Peter’s Health Partners folded several divisions of Prime Care Physicians into a new employed medical group. It was the opening move in Albany’s medical arms race. I met with the Prime Care physicians at the time, along with Joan Hayner of Capital Care Physicians, who opposed the deal. We were not alone. CDPHP also worried it would erode physician autonomy, raise costs and choke off competition. St. Peter’s did what hospitals were doing then. It offered deals that were too good to be true: large buyouts, generous contracts for a while, and a promise that nothing would change. All of it wrapped in the language of Catholic mission.
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Local cities navigate ending of COVID firefighter funding
While COVID created challenges for people to complete their everyday lives, for local municipalities, it created a job shortage in essential areas, including firefighters. Years after the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER grant, was awarded in the Capital Region, officials are now dealing with the funding coming to an end. In Troy, Mayor Carmella Mantello says the funding was used to hire 14 new firefighters.
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Mental health-themed ambulance unveiled in Greenport
The Greenport Rescue Squad is hitting the road with a new, themed set of wheels. On Tuesday, the nonprofit emergency medical services organization unveiled its mental health-themed ambulance in Albany with the Mental Health Association in New York State (MHANYS).