The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center (MVNHC), an organization serving as a health care home to thousands of residents and families in lower Westchester County and the Bronx for more than 40 years provided COVID-19 antibody testing to all Wartburg staff as a kickoff to Wartburg”™s staff testing plans.
David Gentner, president and CEO or Wartburg, said “I”™ve been looking for the opportunity to work with the health center for years and am truly grateful for their partnership at this time”¦.”
The health center”™s mission is to join with other health workers, agencies and with communities in a partnership, which will enable it to promote and protect the overall physical, mental and social health and well-being of the community. Judith Watson, the Health Center”™s president and CEO, said, “The Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center is pleased to partner with Wartburg in providing COVID-19 testing for staff, which will bring much needed peace of mind to all. Collectively, we will overcome this pandemic.”
Mount Vernon”™s Wartburg was named one of the Best Nursing Homes in New York State by “U.S. News & World Report” for the ninth consecutive year in 2019.
