Schumer, Clinton Announce Full Senate Approval Of $1.5 Million For The CVPH Medical Center
Federal Funding Will Be Used To Expand the Medical Center's Heart Surgery Facilities
Schumer, Clinton Urged Senate to Include Funding In Spending Bill
Bill will now be Sent to Conference with the House
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced full Senate approval of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education FY08 Appropriations Bill which includes $1,500,000 for the CVPH Medical Center in Clinton County. The bill will now proceed to conference with the House as the next step in the appropriations process. Schumer and Clinton urged the Senate to include funding for the project in this year's spending bill.
"This is great news for Plattsburgh and a critical step in the appropriations process," said Schumer. "CVPH is a sophisticated, advanced medical center and a valuable resource in North Country. In order to continue providing top notch care, CVPH must stay on the cutting edge of medical science. These federal funds will help CVPH continue to be a center of both high technology and warm care."
"Despite the groundbreaking advances in medical care, too many of our rural communities don't have ready access to treatments that can save lives and I'm glad my colleagues in the Senate see the importance of bringing state of the art medical care to New York's North County. I am proud to have seen firsthand the cuttingedge cardiac care at CVPH and I am also proud that these resources will help expand the quality care available to families throughout the region," said Senator Clinton.
The CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, NY will use this federal funding for the construction of two expanded angioplasty and cardiac catheterization laboratories, an openheart surgery suite, and a new tenOR surgical services department. CVPH is one of only two rural open heart/angioplasty centers in New York State. CVPH Medical Center serves a rural Adirondack population of 171,000 in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and parts of St. Lawrence counties in the northeastern corner of New York.
Now that the bill has been approved by the full Senate it will move towards Conference with the House and then to the President for signature.
in North Country. In order to continue providing top notch care, CVPH must stay on the cutting edge of medical science. These federal funds will help CVPH continue to be a center of both high technology and warm care."
[OLD]"Despite the groundbreaking advances in medical care, too many of our rural communities don't have ready access to treatments that can save lives. CVPH Medical Center provides state of the art cardiac care to rural Adirondack communities with limited healthcare resources. I am proud to have seen firsthand the cuttingedge cardiac care at CVPH and I am proud these resources will help expand the quality care available to families throughout the region," said Senator Clinton.
The CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, NY will use this federal funding for the construction of two expanded angioplasty and cardiac catheterization laboratories, an openheart surgery suite, and a new tenOR surgical services department. CVPH is one of only two rural open heart/angioplasty centers in New York State. CVPH Medical Center serves a rural Adirondack population of 171,000 in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and parts of St. Lawrence counties in the northeastern corner of New York.
Now that the bill has been approved by the full Senate it will move towards Conference with the House and then to the President for signature.
