AMSTERDAM – To continue to ensure fast, safe and accurate medical imaging, St. Mary’s Healthcare has announced the addition of a second CT scanner.

The second scanner will allow St. Mary’s the ability to schedule even more exams and have less technological “down time.”

Additionally patient anxiety will be reduced by lessening wait times.

For those who have previously had a CT scan, it is important to note that the large bore opening offers a more spacious feeling, while the higher weight capacity of the table offers services to more people. 

Both CT scanners at St. Mary’s are equipped with industry-leading dose-reduction software that does not compromise high quality images.  St. Mary’s is fortunate to be expanding its CT capability and patient access by the addition of this second, state-of-the-art system. 

ALBANY - The flu is making the rounds in the Capital Region.

"I think we're starting to see it picking up," said Jovanna Stepan, a physicians assistant at Albany Medical Center. "It seems to have started a little bit later than what I've seen in the past."

At Albany Med, 105 patients who came in to the emergency department or hospital clinics have tested positive since Dec. 1. Sixty-five were so sick they were admitted to the hospital.

Compare that to 24 people testing positive in all of last year's flu season with 21 admissions.

"And I think that people have forgotten how severe an illness that influenza really is. Young people die every year from influenza," said Dr. Richard Blinkhorn Jr., an infectious disease specialist.