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]
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]
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]
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]