Health care providers explore options to meet needs of park population that includes growing number of part-time residents By Stephen Leon In Old Forge, which has a small health center, Mike Farmer has seen people show up at the visitor … [Read more...] about Medical Alert: Adirondacks
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An hour drive to urgent care? Old Forge works to find health care solution
Volunteer Ambulance Corps aims to treat minor emergencies within the community, saving patients lengthy trips to ERs By Jamie Organski As a rural tourist town, Old Forge has been grappling with limited health care services for several decades. … [Read more...] about An hour drive to urgent care? Old Forge works to find health care solution
WANTED: A doctor who can work ‘8 days a week’
Newcomb's sole practitioner ending 31-year run By James M. Odato Ten years ago, Jim Johns of Long Lake was a 54-year old trucker with a bad back, terrible fatigue and a troublesome prostate. Physician assistant Kevin Bolan discovered Johns’ … [Read more...] about WANTED: A doctor who can work ‘8 days a week’