Columbia Memorial Hospital bed reduction

The coalition co-leader presented DOH bed data she says doesn't add up — the same numbers reported 97 days straight — and asked legislators to write to the state demanding the hospital show its work before permanently cutting beds.

A 15-year X-ray tech at CMH said administration is fabricating low census numbers, refuses to meet with the union or community, and is letting the hospital decay while Albany Med invests in Saratoga.

The coalition member detailed impacts on rural and low-income families — from ICU access to visiting hospitalized loved ones in Albany — and provided draft resolution language supporting transparency.