Rest assured, Sharon Hospital ED not closing
Recently, we have seen an increase in concerns from patients who think our Emergency Department is closing or reducing its hours.
I am writing today as the Medical Director for the Emergency Department and the Chief of Staff for Sharon Hospital to clarify misinformation and reassure the community that our Emergency Department remains open and ready to care for you and your family.
The planned updates and changes to Sharon Hospital will not impact the hours provided in our Emergency Department. We remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year — and this will not change.
Since Sharon Hospital’s founding in 1909, our Emergency Department has been here to help patients in our region with everything from broken bones to heart attacks and strokes.
We remain committed to fulfilling the legacy that began more than 100 years ago, while staying up-to-date with the most modern and advanced standards of care to ensure we can continue providing highly skilled care right here in the community.
On behalf of the entire ED team, I would like to thank our patients and neighbors for your unwavering support, especially over the past two years.
We feel incredibly lucky to have the privilege to care for such a wonderful community.
All the best,
Ron M. Santos, DO, JD
Medical Director,
Department of Emergency
Medicine Chief of Staff, Sharon Hospital
Sharon
Let’s help keep Amenia beautiful
The Amenia Democratic Committee arranges through the Dutchess County Department of Transportation (DOT) to hold a cleanup twice a year on a mile stretch of Route 343 in the town of Amenia.
The committee will be joining the town of Amenia’s Clean Up Day on Saturday, April 23. Meet at Fountain Square (across from Four Brothers Pizza) at the intersection of routes 22, 343 and 44 that day at 10 a.m. to sign in. Trash bags will be provided but please bring your own gloves.
Last year, there was a great turn out for the morning of the clean up and I hope there is an even bigger group this year.
The thing is, the roadside trash this year is out of control! Please join the town’s clean up day, April 23.
I also plan on picking up trash on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Meet me at Peggy’s in Amenia on Route 343, across from the Amenia Free Library. I have a box of DOT bags and there are plenty of roads in the town that need our help.
It blows my mind that people still throw trash on our roads. What to do? Pick up the garbage.
We live in a beautiful town. Please join me on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. and for Amenia’s Clean Up Day, Saturday, April 23.
Thank you,
Polly Pitts Garvin
Amenia
