Nyack Hospital through the years: 1895 to 2020 – Lohud

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 structurewith nine beds, an operating room, a nurses parlor, a reception area and a dining room, to a 391-bedacute care medical and surgical facility, Montefiore Nyack Hospital has grown as technology and medical needs have changed.

Asthe hospital on Midland Avenue marksits 125th anniversary this month, itlooks back at its history and forward toward an ambitious $24 million, two-phaseexpansion.

The hospital celebrated the opening ofits 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.

NyackHospital 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 Hospitals first vehicles, that were built for use by the nurses.(Photo: Montefiore Nyack Hospital)

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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Visitmontefiorenyack125years.org/for more information on the hospital's history and its interactive timeline.

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