The Devices Will Be Utilized by Patients Undergoing Treatment at the Center for Cancer Care On March 8, 2021, the medical staff at Richmond University Medical Center’s Center for Cancer Care gratefully accepted over 20 new iPads and laptop computers, donated by Talia Bieler, a student at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. The […]
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Providing $500,000 to Assist Patients, Families Facing life Threatening Illnesses February 23, 2021 – Dealing with the diagnosis and symptoms of a limiting, serious, or even terminal illness affects an individual and their family in many ways. To assist patients and their families navigate through care options while also coming to […]
Janet Sgarlata Becomes 5,000th Person to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination at RUMC, Received Liver Transplant Last October February 8, 2021 – On Saturday February 6, Janet Sgarlata of Oakwood, Staten Island, became the 5,000 person to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC). Sgarlata, 66, who is also a […]
Victoria Ann Amaniera Has Donated Over 50 Handmade Pillows to the Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care February 8, 2021 – For one 16-year-old lady, providing comfort to cancer patients as they continue treatments amidst fears of contracting COVID-19, is a mission. Victoria Ann Amaniera of New Jersey has donated over 50 handmade pillows to Richmond […]
Gene Giliotti, 71, of New Dorp, Staten Island Discharged After Spending 5 Weeks On A Ventilator January 20, 2021 – Richmond University Medical Center provided a warm send-off this afternoon to recovered COVID-19 patient Gene Giliotti, 71, of New Dorp, Staten Island. Giliotti was admitted to the hospital on Thanksgiving morning and spent nearly eight […]
Mary Cochran of West Brighton, Staten Island, Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine January 14, 2021 – Today at 4:30 PM, Mary Cochran, 98, of West Brighton receive her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, taking one step closer to immunization against the virus. The nonagenarian was accompanied to Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) by […]
Front line healthcare workers who have been treating COVID-19 patients since March of last year received the first inoculations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine today at Richmond University Medical Center. The recipients will receive a booster injection three weeks from today on January 4, 2021. Following guidance from the New York State Department of Health, […]
