Reporter, hospital discuss coverage of objects left in Albany Med surgery patients

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Andrew Waite

Published June 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM EDT

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Union supporters gathered across the street from Albany Med Tuesday. — Nurses speak outside Albany Medical Center in February. Recent coverage in the TU found Albany Medical surgery patients have had objects left inside them.

Recent reporting by the Times Union finds Albany Medical Center employees mistakenly left objects in surgery patients seven times since 2020. WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke this week with the TU’s data reporter Emilie Munson and then followed up with Albany Medical Center General Director Jason Mouzakes.

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Andrew Waite has worked as The Daily Gazette’s featured news columnist, an editor at Alaska Airlines magazine, and in community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He is a graduate of Albany High School and Boston University’s journalism school, and he returned to the Capital Region with his wife, daughter and son in 2021.

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