Massena Memorial Hospital

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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]

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  4. 1 2 Robert Reinhold (July 6, 1987). "As Hospitals Closed, Rural America Tries to Cope With a Void". The New York Times .
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  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.
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  10. Bob Beckstead (December 30, 2019). "Officials appointed to sign paperwork once Massena hospital transfers to St. Lawrence Health System". Watertown Daily Times .