Upstate held two moments of silence March 18 and 19 to honor the lives of Covid patients who have passed away and pay tribute to the contributions the entire Upstate team has made over the past year, especially our frontline colleagues. An online service featuring messages from President Dewan, Dr. Corona, Rev. Terry Culbertson and a song by Chevelle Jones-Moore is available to view at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oISLVbKIP4 …(more)

The Covid board at Upstate Community Hospital proudly shows the total number of Upstate Covid-19 patients discharged since March 2020.

IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE FAMILY? Dr. Sri Narsipur, Upstate’s professor and chair of Medicine and medical director of Nephrology, received his second covid vaccine dose from Sonia Narsipur—his daughter! Sonia is a fourth-year medical student at Upstate, and is interested in family medicine so she can advocate for and help patients of all ages. Sonia comes from a family of doctors, as her mom—Dr. Sonia Y. Kragh—is also a physician.

Did you know we celebrated World Kazoo Day. The week music therapist, Clare, played You’re Welcome from Moana for our pediatric patients today. The kazoo was invented in the 1840s but became popular in America in 1912 and is a member of the milliton or membranophone family.