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Nyack Hospital, Through The Years: 1895-2020
- June 19, 2020
Nyack Hospital through the years: 1895 to 2020
Robert Brum |Rockland/Westchester Journal News | June 19, 2020
NYACK - From a two-story structure with nine beds, an operating room, a nurse’s parlor, a reception area and a dining room, to a 391-bed acute care medical and surgical facility, Montefiore Nyack Hospital has grown as technology and medical needs have changed.
As the hospital on Midland Avenue marks its 125th anniversary this month, it looks back at its history and forward toward an ambitious $24 million, two-phase expansion.
The hospital celebrated the opening of its cardiopulmonary rehabilitation center earlier this year and recently dedicated the opening of phase one of the new F.J. Borelli Family Emergency Center. The remainder of the Emergency Center project will be completed in early 2021.
Nyack Hospital joined the Montefiore Health System in 2014, and the hospital was renamed Montefiore Nyack Hospital in 2018. It partners with Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, providing clinical rotations to third-year medical students.
“It is an honor to be a part of a milestone celebration of an institution with such a long legacy of community service,” Mark Geller, hospital president and CEO, said in a news release. “Our achievements are the direct result of our physicians, nurses, employees and volunteers, all of whom have committed themselves to making a difference in the lives of those we serve."
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Nyack Hospital through the years: 1895 to 2020
Robert Brum, Rockland/Westchester Journal News Published 6:00 a.m. ET June 19, 2020
Al Sisolak of Orangeburg is cheered by the staff as he is released from Montefiore Nyack Hospital April 29, 2020. He is the hospital's 400th COVID-19 patient to be sent home. Rockland/Westchester Journal News
NYACK - From a two-story structure with nine beds, an operating room, a nurse’s parlor, a reception area and a dining room, to a 391-bed acute care medical and surgical facility, Montefiore Nyack Hospital has grown as technology and medical needs have changed.
As the hospital on Midland Avenue marks its 125th anniversary this month, it looks back at its history and forward toward an ambitious $24 million, two-phase expansion.
The hospital celebrated the opening of its cardiopulmonary rehabilitation center earlier this year and recently dedicated the opening of phase one of the new F.J. Borelli Family Emergency Center. The remainder of the Emergency Center project will be completed in early 2021.
Nyack Hospital joined the Montefiore Health System in 2014, and the hospital was renamed Montefiore Nyack Hospital in 2018. It partners with Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, providing clinical rotations to third-year medical students.
This circa 1900 photo shows the bicycles, Nyack Hospital’s first vehicles, that were built for use by the nurses. (Photo: Montefiore Nyack Hospital)
Hospital history: A timeline
- 1896: Having been incorporated in June 1895, proposed drawings for a site plan for the hospital were presented by Marshall B. Emery, a local architect.
- 1900: Formed a Women’s Auxiliary with 17 ladies at the first meeting on Sept. 17.
- 1900s: Bicycles, the hospital’s first vehicles, were built for the use of the nurses.
- 1919: Acquires its first motorized vehicle, a little red ambulance.
- 1927: Admitted 2,066 patients — approximately 5% of the area population.
- 1931: It cost $3.50 per day to stay in the maternity ward; $5 for a semi-private room; and $7 for a private room.
- 1937: Completion of the two-story addition to the front of the building. This space housed a new lobby on the first floor and a superintendent’s apartment, two rooms for interns and a room for the director of nurses.
- 1949: Bed capacity increased to 104.
- 1956: 3,000 patients treated in the emergency department.
- 1959: Nyack Branch NAACP President Frances Pratt began working at Nyack Hospital after obtaining a degree in nursing from Rockland Community College. During her 53-year career, she held titles in the Office of Employee Health and head nurse of the emergency room.
- 1968: Premature Nursery Center opened, providing care for infants born at Nyack Hospital, transported from other hospitals or from home.
- 1977: Conference room dedicated in memory of Dr. Frederick A. Schroeder Sr., who practiced medicine for nearly 50 years before his death in 1976. Schroeder’s son, Dr. Frederick A. Schroeder Jr., an internist at Nyack Hospital, accepted his father’s portrait, which was hung in the Maze Pavilion.
- 1981: Broke ground Aug. 25 for phase one of a modernization and renovation program, with completion scheduled for October 1983.
- 1983: Implements Emergency Medical Services System in Rockland County and trains paramedics on Advanced Life Support Services.
- 1995: Opening of 21-bed Ambulatory Care Center.
- 2016: Unveiled its state-of-the-art 3D Mammography Tomosynthesis System.
- 2017: Launched the Twiage emergency communication system, enabling first responders to send live data from the scene of an emergency to the Emergency Department, informing staff of the critical patient and situational information almost immediately.
- 2020: During the past three months, provided care for over 1,100 positive or presumed positive COVID-19 patients. Tripled intensive care space by retrofitting existing units to be able to treat the surge of patients. During several weeks it had 200 or more COVID-19 patients, representing about 72% of its medical-surgical beds. Ventilator use was increased six fold.
- 2020: Outpouring of support from the community during the COVID-19 response included donations of food, personal protective equipment, homemade masks, thank you signs, songs and drive-by visits.
Visit montefiorenyack125years.org/ for more information on the hospital's history and its interactive timeline.
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