Health

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks has fired the executive director of Monroe Community Hospital.

Todd Spring was removed from that job Friday after a state report accused him of mistreating a patient there by taking his wheelchair away.

Brooks says she fired Spring after an independent review of hospital practices and procedures. She says it is apparent that Spring did not live up to her standards for excellence in care at the county nursing home.

After heading the Monroe County Department of Public Health for 23 years, Dr. Andrew Doniger says he's ready to turn over the reigns. 

62-year-old Doniger announced his retirement Thurday. His last day on the job is May 23rd. 

Doniger explains to WXXI's LeShea Agnew his reasons for retiring, his successor and future endeavors. 

Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks says she is awaiting results of an independent analysis of the county’s nursing home in connection with the alleged mistreatment of a patient there.

The Executive Director of Monroe County hospital, Todd Spring, is accused in a state report of mistreating a patient there by taking his wheelchair away.

The University of Rochester has been named a Center for AIDS Research by the National Institutes of Health.   The designation will bring $7.5 million more in funding to local HIV/AIDS research into the prevention, detection and treatment of the disease.  

Dr. Stephen Dewhurst, Vice Dean for Research at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry,  spoke with us on Morning Edition today about what the designation means for the University of Rochester and what types of studies researchers will be focusing on.