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Good Samaritan Hospital Awarded Funds To Benefit At-Risk Patients Good Samaritan Hospital Awarded Funds To Benefit At-Risk Patients
Good Samaritan Hospital Awarded Funds To Benefit At-Risk Patients In order to further its support for medically at-risk, low-income patients with limited or no health insurance, Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, has been awarded $40,000 in Mission Grant funds from Bon Secours Health System.  Nearly $20,000 was awarded to help initiate the Genetic Counseling and Diagnostic Testing: Improving Outcomes for Women At-Risk for Breast Cancer program. Good Samaritan Hospital’s Center for Breast Health will oversee this program, ensuring that high-risk women with poor to no health insurance can receive genetic couns…

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Area Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Area Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92
Area Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Former First Lady Barbara Bush, a native of Westchester, who had been in failing health and declined further medical treatment after a series of hospitalizations, died on Tuesday. She was 92. A native of Rye who attended Rye Country Day School, she had been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Bush had been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failure. She was surrounded by family and loved ones at the Bush home in Hous…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment Area Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment
Area Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment Click here for an updated story: Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Barbara Bush, a 92-year-old native of Westchester, is in failing health and declining further medical treatment, returning home for comfort care after a series of hospitalizations. The former first lady, who grew up in Rye, has been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Bush has been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failu…

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by Jon Craig
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New Good Samaritan Surgeon Helps Keep Hearts Beating New Good Samaritan Surgeon Helps Keep Hearts Beating
New Good Samaritan Surgeon Helps Keep Hearts Beating SUFFERN, N.Y. -- For patients seeking premier cardiac and heart care in Rockland County, Good Samaritan Hospital has them covered. With the addition of Dr. Cary S. Passik, a cardiothoracic surgeon, to its WMCHealth Heart and Vascular Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital has grown its already award winning team.  Passik will see patients at the Active International Cardiovascular Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital. “With the support of WMCHealth and its nationally acclaimed Heart and Vascular Institute, advanced heart therapy is readily accessible to residents of Rockland and Orange countie…

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