Bradford Regional Medical Center

The State of New York gives hospital and nursing home employees until Sept. 27 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination. That could impact access to healthcare for some residents in the City of Bradford and McKean County, which are served by nearby Olean General Hospital in Southern New York.

The Bradford Regional Medical Center will no longer have a surgical department starting in April, the Upper Allegheny Health System, which operates…