Local mental-health professionals talk about the impacts of the pandemic
Many are experiencing symptoms similar to [those of] solitary confinement and experiencing extreme bouts of depression and an increase in suicidal thoughts.”
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Ulster officials boost efforts to combat opiate overdoses as numbers spike
In Ulster, overdoses have increased over 150 percent. The county is responding with expanded outreach and support programs and partnerships.
Ulster exec hopes to rally support to keep inpatient mental-health treatment in Kingston
Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan said a move by the parent company of HealthAlliance could extend what was to be a temporary reduction in local mental-health treatment capacity brought on by a need for greater hospital capacity for Covid-19 to a permanent one.
One family navigates the Covid-19 testing process in Ulster County
It turns out that it is one thing for Pat Ryan to say everyone should get tested, and quite another to go through the process on a personal level.
Ulster County is shaken by new spate of Covid 19 cases
After a quiet June, 50 new cases were diagnosed in just three days at the beginning of this month. The unwelcome eruption in positive virus determinations led to swift expressions of concern in the social media. People were scared, and they had every right to be. The virus could easily get out of control. Perhaps it already had.
Gardiner declares state of emergency, shuts town hall
Governor Andrew Cuomo did it for New York State on March 7; county executive Pat Ryan did it for Ulster County on the 12th; and this Sunday, March 15, town supervisor Marybeth Majestic declared an official state of emergency for the town of Gardiner. On a local level, this might, for example, allow the municipality to purchase lifesaving equipment or supplies without waiting for the usual bidding process, in order to save precious time.
County officials: Five COVID-19 patients in Ulster ‘are doing well’
In a “tele-town hall” meeting conducted via phone and listened to by approximately 10,000 people, County Executive Pat Ryan and
Paul Smart: Still viral, but getting better
I’ve been fielding a lot of e-mails and texts expressing concern for my family’s health this past week. I’ve also
Ulster now has two coronavirus cases; county calls for abundance of caution
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is being felt in Ulster County, where two cases of the illness have been identified since Sunday, March 8.
Ulster gets its first coronavirus case
Ulster County is ramping up efforts to combat the coronavirus after the first case of COVID-19 was reported on Sunday, March 8 in a local man who had recently returned from travel abroad. In response, the county has opened up its emergency operations center while public health officials begin the process of tracking the patient’s movements and determining who he may have come into contact with locally.