Becker's Healthcare November 16, 2023
A New York health system held a press conference to address what it called “rumors, misinformation and lies” being spread on social media that is scaring away patients, the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch reported.
Officials from Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System said disgruntled employees and opponents of its new hospital are propagating the falsehoods to destroy the organization’s reputation, according to the Nov. 13 story.
“You, you are the ones responsible for harming our community,” health system board member Norman Siegel said at the Nov. 12 press conference covered by the newspaper. “You, you are the ones who’ve done nothing to advance healthcare and improve our community.”
Mohawk Valley opened the new $600 million Wynn Hospital in downtown Utica on...