JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Connie Caldwell, Food Service Manager; Deborah Castiglione, Supervising Physical Therapist; Beebe Ehrman, Patient Registrar; and Ruth Walton, Nurse Manager, Special Care Unit and Observation, will celebrate their fortieth year of service this June during the “53rd WCA Hospital Employee Recognition Dinner” which ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — WCA Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). MRI is a noninvasive medical test that utilizes magnetic fields to produce anatomical images of internal body parts to help physicians diagnose and ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — On May 3, the Southern Tier Kidney Association (STKA) hosted a kick-off event at the Dr. Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center in downtown Jamestown to announce the details for the 2012 Kidney Challenge Walk. This fundraising walk will take place on Sunday, June 10 (Registration at 12:00 noon and Walk at 1:00 p.m.) with ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Fifty surgical nurses and technicians from WCA Hospital’s Operating Room and Labor and Delivery departments began a yearlong Confidence-Based Learning program. This program was funded entirely through grants from the A.W. Rappole, M.D. and Bert W. Rappole, M.D. Nursing Professional Development Fund administered by the ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — On Saturday, May 5, South Hills Country Club will host their annual Members’ Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit WCA Hospital’s capital campaign for its new Emergency Department. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. followed by a Shotgun Start at 10:00 a.m. The format of this golf tournament is a two-person ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — The Johnson Foundation recently made a $6,674 grant to WCA Hospital for the purchase of a gas convection oven to support meal preparation for the Southern Chautauqua County Meals on Wheels program. In 2011, the Office for the Aging Senior Nutrition Program, in collaboration with the Southern Chautauqua County Meals on Wheels ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — WCA Hospital officials announced the WCA Hospital Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation unit has relocated from Jones Memorial Health Center—a division of WCA Hospital—to the main campus at WCA, 207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown. The newly constructed unit is located on the 4th Floor, 4C Unit of the hospital, providing 24-hour inpatient ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — WCA Hospital is pleased to announce the expansion of orthopedic services in Chautauqua County with the opening of WCA Hospital Orthopedics. Conveniently located on the main campus of WCA Hospital, 207 Foote Avenue, Jamestown, New York, WCA Hospital Orthopedics is an orthopedic medical practice under the care of William ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — On March 12 at WCA Hospital, Tiarra Kelly and Adam Akin welcomed their newborn daughter, Maci-Lynn Elizabeth Akin, into the world. To help celebrate the birth of Maci-Lynn and to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Girl Scouts, Brownie Troop #20030, which meets at R.R. Rogers Elementary School in Jamestown, visited WCA and ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- With the month of March comes a deluge of occasions calling for celebration: St. Patrick’s Day, the first day of Spring, a well-strategized March Madness bracket. One of the season’s most overlooked and under-celebrated events, however, is ironically one of its most meaningful. The official recognition of women’s ... Read More