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

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 is WAMC’s news director. His journalism career dates to 2009, when he was a cub reporter for community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He has since worked as an editor at the inflight magazine for Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and as the featured news columnist for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. Andrew has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University, an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University and is a proud Albany High School graduate. He's honored to be back home helping to cover news in the Capital Region, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.

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