Updated: Friday, 01 Jan 2010, 1:31 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 31 Dec 2009, 6:57 PM EST
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) - Some two dozen employees of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will ring in the new year without jobs.
CEO Joe Ruffalo blames cuts in state and federal funding, combined with changes in the health care marketplace. The layoffs account for three percent of the workforce at Memorial.
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