Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center welcomes National Guard

Guardsmen to support Schoellkopf Health Center

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has welcomed two guardsmen to Schoellkopf Health Center as part of the National Guard’s COVID-19 mission: Staff Sgt. Robert Badendyck, with Bravo Troop 2-101 CAV, U.S. Army; and Lt. Cpl. Wayne Bayle from 6 Comm, U.S. Marine Corps. They will be at the Health Center until April 1 – for approximately 40 hours a week – providing environmental services assistance and other support as needed, such as occasional weekend shifts to cover the front office and visitor screenings.

Badendyck, a native of North Tonawanda, has been an active member of the COVID-19 mission since March 2020, serving in New York City for five months and at the University at Buffalo’s mass-vaccination site in 2021.

Bayle is from Queens and was stationed at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. That site served as a 24-hour vaccination location, with the capacity to administer 10,000 shots a day.

A press release noted, “Memorial and Schoellkopf are thankful for their service, and look forward to having them with us.”