William Smith of Mexico, N.Y., and his wife, Nancy, in a room at Oswego Hospital. Smith was stranded in Oswego Hospital for 42 days waiting to be transferred to a hospital with heart specialists. He needed to get his infected pacemaker replaced. Smith was finally transferred to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — William “Bucky” Smith languished in an Oswego Hospital bed for 42 days this summer, waiting to be transferred to a bigger hospital with specialists who could replace his infected pacemaker.
St. Joseph’s in Syracuse, where Smith previously had heart valve surgery and a pacemaker implant, refused to take him. Its beds were full.
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