The Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Assistance Program at Samaritan Hospital will host the 11th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, at Riverfront Park in Troy. [...]
On April 17, St. Peter's Health Partners held an open house to celebrate the new Intensive Care Unit at Samaritan Hospital. The new unit doubles the number of ICU beds from 12 to 24, offers larger rooms and new patient amenities, and provides a more comfortable and healing experience for patients and their families. [...]
We are proud of our physicians’ commitment to our culture of excellence, providing patients and their families with the best care possible. We thank them for helping us carry out our mission every day. [...]
On March 26, 2018, the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing delivered Easter Baskets to Healthy Families of Rensselaer County for the third year in a row. This year, the faculty, staff, and students at the School of Nursing prepared 32 Easter baskets [...]
On Friday, March 16, Samaritan and St. Mary's hospitals celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a free ice cream social for staff and visitors! Thank you to the planning committee, and to everyone who attended! [...]
Congratulations to nursing education expert, Dr. Susan Birkhead, director of the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing. Dr. Birkhead recently authored an article in nursing education’s premier journal, The Journal of Nursing Education. [...]
Norman Dascher, president of Samaritan Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Record in support of new legislation to raise the minimum legal sale age of tobacco products to 21. [...]
Falls are more common and cause more injury than many realize. Each year, more than two million people are treated in emergency departments nationwide for non-fatal falls. [...]