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Council committee seeks more information after heated debate over planned service consolidation between Bellevue Women’s Center and Ellis Hospital
Summary
A Health and Recreation committee debate over consolidation of services between Bellevue Women’s Center and Ellis Hospital ended Aug. 18 without a committee resolution after a motion to support keeping surgical services at Bellevue failed for lack of a second.
Schenectady — Members of the City Council’s Health and Recreation committee debated Aug. 18 whether to adopt a resolution asking Ellis/Trinity leadership to maintain full surgical services at Bellevue Women’s Center. The committee did not advance a resolution after the motion failed for lack of a second.
The issue arose after a town hall where nurses and community members expressed concern about surgical-service transfers from Bellevue to Ellis (and oversight by Trinity Health). One council member said she had attended the town hall and wanted the council to discuss a…
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