Educators seek Buffalo teaching hospital
Source: by Annemarie Franczyk, Business First of Buffalo - 11:11 AM EST Wednesday, January 31, 2007
....... The state Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, also called the Berger Commission after its chairman, has recommended new models of health-care delivery. Among them is the merger of Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center, where medical training is concentrated in Western New York, and the privatization of the three State University of New York teaching hospitals.
Related item from CSEA Local 1000 website:
Fighting For Public Health Care: CSEA has led the way in fighting proposals to close, privatize and consolidate hospitals and nursing homes across the state, as recommended by the Pataki-appointed Governor's Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, or the Berger Commission.