Massena Memorial Hospital [1][2] was an "upstate New York" hospital[3] that was described as ""rural" and struggling" in 1987[4] and subsequently closed.[5] Justification included "improvements in ambulance and helicopter transportation."[4]

To serve local emergency needs, a medical facility, part of the St. Lawrence Health System, operates there, using the name Massena Hospital.[6]

History

Although the dedication for the original hospital was 1952.[7] Plans had begun over a decade prior.[8]

When it closed in 2019,[9] St. Lawrence Health System absorbed it, as it had previously absorbed E.J. Noble Hospital and Canton-Potsdam Hospital.[6][10]

References

  1. ↑ "2 Presumed Dead in Fire". The New York Times. November 11, 1973.
  2. ↑ "Doctor Aboard Copter Is Hit by Ground Shots". The New York Times. March 31, 1990.
  3. ↑ "Ron LaFrance, 51, Mohawk Council Chief". The New York Times. August 4, 1996.
  4. 1 2 Robert Reinhold (July 6, 1987). "As Hospitals Closed, Rural America Tries to Cope With a Void". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Massena Memorial financial situation similar to Gouverneur Hospital". Watertown Daily Times. August 20, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "St. Lawrence Health System taking over Massena Memorial Hospital". Watertown Daily Times. December 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Massena Hospital Dedicated". The New York Times. October 5, 1952.
  8. ↑ "Backs Massena Hospital Grant". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "Massena Memorial Hospital receives state approval to close". The New York Times. September 23, 2019.
  10. ↑ Bob Beckstead (December 30, 2019). "Officials appointed to sign paperwork once Massena hospital transfers to St. Lawrence Health System". Watertown Daily Times.


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