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Injured CT Firefighter Applauded as He Leaves Hospital By Pam McLoughlin, Firehouse.com (5/24/21) https://www.firehouse.com/safety-health/news/21223956/injured-ct-firefighter-applauded-as-he-leaves-hospital Injured New Haven firefighter gets a hero’s welcome as he departs Bridgeport Hospital By Pam McLoughlin, NH Register/ CT Post/Hearst CT Media (5/23/21) https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Injured-New-Haven-firefighter-gets-a-hero-s-16197724.php ‘This moment was incredible’: New Haven Firefighter Lt. Rankins released from Bridgeport Hospital Sunday By Shaynah Ferreira…

CBS Morning News-Dr. Tom Balcezak discussing COVID variants (video link only) By Staff Reports, CBS Morning News (3/31/21) https://twitter.com/cbsthismorning/status/1377224505093984262?s=21

CT Valley Views interviews Thomas Balcezak, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Yale New Haven Health (Video Only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L7plF2IoeE&feature=youtu.be COVID hospitalizations are down. But cafeterias and pediatric wards could be cleared to make room. By Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post (12/22/20) https://www.ctinsider.com/news/ctpost/article/COVID-hospitalizations-are-down-But-CT-hospitals-15821054.php?src=rdctppromostrip&_ga=2.232286934.838285254.1608556165-1884086975.1569412874 COVID vaccines for staff under way at Bridgeport Hospital (TV clip) By Staff, News 12 CT…

Katerina Papadopoulos Named Myra Kraft Community MVP Please join me in congratulating Katerina (Kat) Papadopoulos. Kat, a member of the Clinical Information Technologies team at YNHH, and a volunteer at the Norma Pfriem Breast Center, is one of 26 New Englanders recognized as a Myra Kraft Community MVP for 2020. Every year since 1998, the…

Less invasive alternative to breast cancer surgery being offered at Bridgeport Hospital By Staff, News 12 CT (10/18/20) https://connecticut.news12.com/less-invasive-alternative-to-breast-cancer-surgery-being-offered-at-bridgeport-hospital Bridgeport Hospital holds Pink Pledge (TV clip) By WCTX/WTNH (10/8/20) https://mms.tveyes.com/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTQzOTEzMiZNRElEPTEzOTE0MjMxJk1EU2VlZD03NjA2JlR5cGU9TWVkaWE%3D Bridgeport Hospital Boosts Breast Cancer Awareness with Pink Pledge Campaign By Staff, CT Patch (10/7/20) https://patch.com/connecticut/bridgeport/bridgeport-hospital-boosts-breast-cancer-awareness-pink-pledge-campaign Bridgeport breast center sponsors annual ‘Pink Pledge’ By Amanda…

Patients to share stories at ‘virtual’ Rose of Hope benefit By Staff, CT Patch (9/17/20) https://patch.com/connecticut/bridgeport/calendar/event/20200925/893681/patients-to-share-stories-at-virtual-rose-of-hope-benefit New multispecialty medical center opens in Fairfield By Kevin Zimmerman, Westfair Online (9/15/20) https://westfaironline.com/128303/new-multispecialty-medical-center-opens-in-fairfield/ Report: These 8 CT hospitals lost money in fiscal 2019 By Matt Pilon, Hartford Business Journal (9/9/20) https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/report-these-8-ct-hospitals-lost-money-in-fiscal-2019 ‘Hamilton’ star headlines virtual hospital event By…

Farm stand to open on Bridgeport Hospital’s Milford site By Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post (8/26/20) https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Farm-stand-to-open-on-Bridgeport-Hospital-s-15516892.php Yale New Haven Health enrolls 300 volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican-American (8/24/20) https://www.rep-am.com/news/news-connecticut/2020/08/24/yale-new-haven-health-enrolls-300-volunteers-for-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-trial/ Forum Will Address Transformation at Milford Bridgeport Hospital By Staff, CT Patch (8/19/20) https://patch.com/connecticut/milford/forum-will-address-transformation-milford-bridgeport-hospital FDA grants emergency approval to Yale’s saliva-based…

Despite ‘mind-boggling’ start, CT hospitals come long way since pandemic’s peak By Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post (7/24/20) https://www.ctinsider.com/local/ctpost/article/Despite-mind-boggling-start-CT-hospitals-15429353.php Feds hand $274M in coronavirus ‘hot spot’ money to CT hospitals facing $1B deficit By Emilie Munson, Hearst Media /NH Register/CT Post (7/22/20) https://www.ctinsider.com/local/ctpost/article/Feds-hand-274M-in-coronavirus-hot-spot-15426880.php?src=cppromostrip&_ga=2.18734586.211661396.1595425982-1592492577.1588762789 Bridgeport farmers markets back up and running By Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post (7/22/20)…

YNHH Signs Testing Expansion Contract With State By Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent (5/13/20) https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/513_ynhh/ Local artists create chalk art to support health care workers at Bridgeport Hospital By News 12 CT (5/13/20) https://connecticut.news12.com/story/42123572/local-artists-create-chalk-art-to-support-health-care-workers-at-bridgeport-hospital COVID hospitalizations continue to decline in the Yale New Haven Health System By Jocelyn Maminta, WTNH News 8 (5/14/20) https://www.wtnh.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-hospitalizations-continue-to-decline-in-the-yale-new-haven-health-system/ Bridgeport…

Bridgeport Hospital employees pay tribute to local first responders (TV clip)By WTNH, News 12 CT, Fox 61 (4/25/20)https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/watch-bridgeport-hospital-employees-pay-tribute-to-local-first-responders/ Local Yacht Club Delivering Hundreds of Meals to Front Line Health Workers in Bpt.By Beverly Balaz, Fairfield’s HamletHub (4/21/20)https://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/49261-local-yacht-club-delivering-hundreds-of-meals-to-front-line-health-workers-in-bpt Staff at Bridgeport Hospital gets a surprise from NFL linebackerBy Andrew DaRosa, Connecticut Post (4/21/20)https://www.ctpost.com/news/coronavirus/article/Staff-at-Bridgeport-Hospital-get-a-surprise-from-15216109.php?src=posthpcp Connecticut is battling…