Monroe_Community_Hospital

Monroe Community Hospital

Monroe Community Hospital

Local 566-bed hospital

Monroe Community Hospital[1][2] is a chronic-care center in Rochester [3] that is operated by Monroe County.[4] They also have a Skilled Nursing Facility[5]

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History

The nonprofit[4] 566-bed[6] hospital's roots can be traced to the 1933-built Monroe Community Home and Infirmary,[7] which was a replacement for the 1820s-built Monroe County Almshouse.[8] The Community Home structure "was designed by local architect Sigmund Firestone." [7] Firestone employed Thomas Wilson Boyde Jr. (1905-1981),[9][10] who later became[11] "Rochester's first Black architect." Boyde's "decorative architectural elements added to" Firestone's design.[12]

Some of the 190-year-old facility's[13] attending physicians are "affiliated with the University of Rochester's Strong Memorial Hospital."[4]

Controversy

In 2017 a local newspaper headlined "Two lawsuits in a month against Monroe Community Hospital."[14] They had publicly fired their director in 2013.[15][16]

References

Power plant of the Iola Sanatorium at 422 East Henrietta Road, built in 1928 according to Monroe County records, located across the Monroe Community Hospital
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    "The Region". The New York Times.
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    "Marjorie McSweeney Obituary (1938 - 2021) - Rochester, NY". Democrat and Chronicle.
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    Randi Hutter Epstein (October 12, 1999). "Flu Season Starts Early, But Its Course Is Cloudy". The New York Times.
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    Ronald Sullivan (April 25, 1982). "U.S. Investigating Dialysis Program". The New York Times.
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    "Monroe Community Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility".
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    "Monroe Community Hospital".
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    "MCH celebrating its 80th anniversary". Democrat and Chronicle. September 23, 2013.
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    Veronica Volk (October 30, 2020). "'They're under our feet:' Highland Park is home to hundreds of unidentified remains". Rochester City Newspaper.
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    "Thomas W. Boyde Jr. Panel Discussion".
  10. [10]
    "Intricate Architectural Details Adorn the Facades of the Monroe Community Hospital" (PDF).
  11. [11]
    "A Book Remembers Forgotten Architects". The New York Times. June 3, 2004. The architects portrayed include Thomas W. Boyde Jr.
  12. [12]
    "Thomas W. Boyde Jr., Rochester's first Black architect". Democrat and Chronicle. December 28, 2020.
  13. [13]
    Brian Sharp (April 9, 2019). "New leader of Monroe Community Hospital to mark historic change". Democrat and Chronicle.
  14. [14]
    "Two lawsuits in a month against Monroe Community Hospital". Democrat and Chronicle. May 24, 2017.
  15. [15]
    "Brooks fires Monroe Community Hospital director Todd Spring". Democrat and Chronicle. May 16, 2013.
  16. [16]
    Jessica Alaimo (July 9, 2013). "Former Monroe Community Hospital director Todd Spring denies wrongdoing". Democrat and Chronicle.

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