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Advocates press Westchester Medical Center to preserve Bruner House support services; Ulster committee adopts resolution
Summary
Supporters of the Bruner House told the Ulster County Health, Human Services and Human Rights Committee that closing the house cost the community years of expertise and volunteer-led services; Westchester Medical Center said oncology support is continuing and will be consolidated into a new "medical village." The committee adopted a memorializing resolution urging transparency and stakeholder inclusion.
Jennifer O'Donnell, a former legislator representing the Save the Bruner House advocacy group, told the Ulster County Health, Human Services and Human Rights Committee on May 7 that the Bruner House'a community cancer support program adjacent to the Kingston hospital'closed abruptly and "we estimate that at least 2000 hours of cancer support programming has been lost." She said the house was donor-funded and provided a home-like setting that supported thousands of survivors and their families.
The committee heard a presentation from Westchester Medical Center Health Group officials, who described plans to consolidate oncology support services into a larger "medical village" at the Broadway campus. Alyssa Chasari, WMC Health's Northern Region executive director, told the committee that…
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