Upstate University Hospital

Upstate Hospital requesting more funding from state

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:58:46 +0000

SUNY is asking the state for up to $185 million to stabilize its two public teaching hospitals. Most of the cash is needed for the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. But Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse also needs millions.

Patients leave their mark on Upstate Cancer Center

Ellen Abbott — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:44:00 +0000

Some central New York cancer patients have signed their name to the new Upstate Cancer Center being to built next to University Hospital in Syracuse.

New cord blood bank to open in Syracuse

Ellen Abbott — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:55:49 +0000

Construction has started in Syracuse on the $15 million Upstate Cord Blood Bank. It will be the second public cord blood bank in New York state. The blood drawn from umbilical cords after childbirth is used to treat children with dozens of diseases like cancer and sickle cell anemia.

Upstate Cancer Center construction under way

Ellen Abbott — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:30:51 +0000

The first of 550 tons of steel beams has been pounded into the foundation of the new Upstate Cancer Center in Syracuse. Up to now, most of the work has been prepping the area next to the existing hospital entrance.

Syracuse hospital begins using new electronic medical record program

Ellen Abbott — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:11:33 +0000

The records of outpatients at Upstate University Hospital are entering a new digital world. The hospital has started installing a new electronic medical records program that will among other things, allow patients to access all their medical records on their computers or smartphones. WRVO's Ellen Abbott reports.