Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

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Bassett Healthcare Network
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Geography
Location Cooperstown, New York, United States
Coordinates 42°41′44″N74°55′25″W / 42.6956°N 74.9237°W / 42.6956; -74.9237
Organization
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Columbia University
Services
Emergency department Level III trauma center
Beds180 [1]
Helipads
Helipad Yes (FAA LID: 3NK2)
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H180x8024x24concrete
History
Former name(s)Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
OpenedJune 1922
Links
Website www.bassett.org
Lists Hospitals in New York State

The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (Bassett Medical Center) is a teaching hospital in Cooperstown, New York. The hospital opened in June 1922. [2] The hospital has 180 beds. It is associated with Columbia University. [1] [3] [4] It is home to the Bassett Cancer Institute.

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History

Some of the early work on bone marrow transplants was performed here by Nobel Prize winner E. Donnall Thomas and his wife Dottie Thomas. Joseph Wiley Ferrebee was also a transplant scientist working at the hospital. [5]

The Bassett Healthcare Network runs this hospital and six others, including: [6]

Publishing

The hospital has published a number of works including

References

  1. 1 2 "Bassett Medical Center". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "History of Bassett Healthcare". Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (1930). The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, Cooperstown, New York. New York. OCLC 34228694.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), 31 pp
  4. ↑ "Bassett-Columbia". Columbia-Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ David, John S., M.D. (2017). A history of Bassett Hospital: Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York: 200 years of Health Care in Rural America.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "The Bassett Community". Friends of Bassett. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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