Alice Hyde Medical Center

Description

Our Mission
quotQuality healthcare with dignity and compassion to those we servequot

Our Vision
Working together we will continue to be a trusted and respected health care provider exceeding community expectations through staff facility and technological development

Our Values
Respectful Treat those we serve and who serve with us as they would like
to be treated

Efficient Perform tasks promptly accurately and competently

Accountable Accept responsibility for our actions

Caring Treat everyone with dignity and compassion

Honest Conduct ourselves in a truthful and professional manner

History

In 1805 the village of Malone was settled In the ensuring years a group of concerned citizens realized the need for a hospital to deal with seriously ill people who were forced to travel to Montreal Ogdensburg or Cornwall due to the lack of any proper health care facility The few practicing physicians residing in Malone at the time were not equipped to care for the number of people in need of medical attention In response to the lack of a health care institution the cadre organized the Malone Hospital Association Lack of funds were preventing any progress on the new hospital

In 1908 Mrs Mary A Leighton bequeathed an endowment fund of 10000 for the cause A few years later Clarke J Lawrence vicepresident of the Farmers National Bank of Malone offered 25000 for the erection of a building provided an equal amount was raised by subscription and the name changed to Alice Hyde Hospital Association The name as a result became Alice Hyde Memorial Hospital in memory of his beloved niece who died a year earlier

A fund raising campaign was started to meet the provisions declared by Mr Lawrence 50000 was raised by all the surrounding towns The directors of the hospital declared the majority of the monies to be used to erect a two story fireproof building on the corner of Park and Third Street The corner stone was laid in 1911 and formally opened on September 15 1913

Several years passed without any major changes to the hospital It was in 1930 when the American Legion made a generous donation that provided a means to build a pediatric ward to be located in The American Legion Memorial Wing The community supplemented the remaining costs through fundraising More additions were built in the 1950s such as a fivestory structure housing medical surgical obstetrical and nursing units as well as dietary xray emergency and laundry services

A rise in the need for longterm care for seniors in the community prompted the Association to open a twentyfour bed nursing home to meet the needs of the elderly Because additional space was needed in 1968 a twostory home was dedicated and the fortyfive rooms were quickly filled By 1972 the second floor was also occupied with residents and the project was complete

The increasing need for an intensive care unit became evident in the early 1970s The ICU was built and specially trained doctors and nurses were hired to care for the patients with sophisticated equipment This new addition also included four new rooms in the medical unit two of which were reserved for isolation