Carthage Area Hospital
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| Carthage Area Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Carthage, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 43°59′14″N 75°35′38″W / 43.98722°N 75.59389°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Beds | 25 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Carthage Area Hospital is named for its location, Carthage, New York, "a medically underserved area."[1]
Carthage, servicing and located in Jefferson County, is a 25-bed teaching hospital.[2] They opened in 1965. Their expansions in 1995 and 2007 resulted in the hospital becoming "one of the largest employers within the area."[3] Planning for another expansion began in 2018.[4][5] U.S. News & World Report's overview of hospital described is as "a general medical and surgical facility" (it doesn't handle specialty areas such as Bariatric/Weight Control Services or Addiction Treatment Services).[2]
In 2014 the hospital had a financial setback, and they laid off 20 percent of their workforce.[6] In 2013 they opened Meadowbrook Terrace, an assisted living facility.[7][8]
