Eastern Niagara Hospital

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Lockport Memorial Hospital
Eastern Niagara Health System
Geography
LocationLockport, New York, United States
Coordinates43°10′40″N 78°40′19″W / 43.17775571294081°N 78.67189765062535°W / 43.17775571294081; -78.67189765062535Coordinates: 43°10′40″N 78°40′19″W / 43.17775571294081°N 78.67189765062535°W / 43.17775571294081; -78.67189765062535
Organization
TypeGeneral
Religious affiliationCatholic
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds121[1]
History
Former name(s)Lockport City Hospital, Eastern Hospital-Lockport Division
Opened1908
Links
Websitewww.enhs.org
ListsHospitals in New York

Eastern Niagara Hospital is the name created to cover a pair of hospitals founded in the early 1900s in Lockport and Newfane, New York that each operated independently. Under cost pressures they were both operated under the Eastern Niagara Health System (ENHS) umbrella. ENHS also operates a nursing home.[2][3][4][5][6] In 2019 The New York Times portrayed Eastern as among the least likely to overcharge, yet they were facing cost pressures.[2][7]

Lockport Memorial Hospital[]

The Lockport City Hospital opened on July 1, 1908 as an 18-bed medical facility. It was renamed Lockport Memorial Hospital in 1959. In 1999, the Lockport Memorial Hospital and the Newfane Inter-Community Memorial Hospital took on a legal affiliation under the name Eastern Niagara Hospital. By 2009 the new names Eastern Niagara Health System and Eastern Niagara Hospital were being used. Lockport was known as Eastern Niagara Hospital/Lockport Division; the other location was known as the Newfane Division.[8][9][10][11]

In 1999, it was described by The New York Times as "struggling,"[12]

Catholic Health broke ground for a new hospital in 2021 in collaboration with Eastern Hospital System.[13]

Services[]

The Lockport hospital provides the following services: radiology, surgical, cardiac, respiratory therapy, emergency services, acute & intensive care, chemical dependency treatment, occupational medicine, DOT medical exams, laboratory, and express care.


Newfane Division[]

The Eastern Niagara Hospital/Newfane Division was previously known as Inter-Community Memorial Hospital. In 2019 this facility was closed as part of filing for bankruptcy protection, although another hospital indicated at the time that they'd take it over.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Eastern Niagara Hospital—Lockport". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Reed Abelson (May 9, 2019). "Many Hospitals Charge Double or Even Triple What Medicare Would Pay". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "What makes a union decide to shrink: Avoiding accountability". The New York Post. August 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sending Hospitals Into Bankruptcy". Wall Street Journal. April 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Fadia Patterson (October 13, 2020). "New Hospital Coming to Niagara County". Spectrum News.
  6. ^ Thomas J. Prohaska (February 22, 2009). "Merged sites have deep roots Lockport, Newfane health facilities cement a process started in 1999". The Buffalo News.
  7. ^ "Eastern Niagara Health System downsizing more to remain sustainable". WBFO. May 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "Honor Roll, Watch List from Hearst Newspapers NY hospital safety review". Times Union (Albany). September 17, 2010.
  9. ^ "Our Leadership History". ENHS. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  10. ^ "Our Leadership and History". Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  11. ^ Chris Bragg (August 26, 2019). "In shedding private-sector members, PEF loses federal transparency requirements". Times Union (Albany).
  12. ^ James Dao (April 10, 1999). "U.S. Tells Albany to Aid Failing Hospitals". The New York Times.
  13. ^ "Catholic Health to break ground on new Lockport hospital site". Buffalo News. November 26, 2021.
  14. ^ "Earl Lohnes". Niagara Gazette. November 10, 2012.
  15. ^ "Does Western New York have enough hospital beds to handle coronavirus". WGRZ. March 13, 2020.
  16. ^ "Buyer of former Newfane hospital backs out of deal over Covid". The Buffalo News. Eastern Niagara .. the former Inter-Community Memorial Hospital
  17. ^ "Drug rehab center planned in Newfane". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. April 15, 2021.
  18. ^ "Dr. Walter Altbach, A Co-founder Of Newfane Hospital, Is Dead At 78". The Buffalo News. April 22, 1991.
  19. ^ "Newfane campus of Eastern Niagara Hospital to close". WKBW. August 29, 2019.
  20. ^ "Fear growing that Newfane hospital may close". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. March 15, 2014.
  21. ^ "Catholic Health plans new $37M Lockport hospital to replace Eastern Niagara Health". The Buffalo News. August 30, 2019.
  22. ^ Tracey Drury (October 13, 2020). "Catholic Health to partner with Eastern Niagara Hospital on new $37M hospital". BizJournals.com (Buffalo).

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