** Our Mission **
"Quality healthcare with dignity and compassion to those we serve."
** Our Vision **
Working together, we will continue to be a trusted and respected health care provider exceeding community expectations through staff, facility, and technological development.
** Our Values **
* Respectful - Treat those we serve, and who serve with us, as they would like
to be treated.
* Efficient - Perform tasks promptly, accurately, and competently
* Accountable - Accept responsibility for our actions
* Caring - Treat everyone with dignity and compassion
* Honest - Conduct ourselves in a truthful and professional manner
History Of Alice Hyde Medical Center
In 1805, the village of Malone was settled. In the ensuring years, a group of concerned citizens realized the need for a hospital to deal with seriously ill people who were forced to travel to Montreal, Ogdensburg, or Cornwall due to the lack of any proper health care facility. The few practicing physicians residing in Malone at the time were not equipped to care for the number of people in need of medical attention. In response to the lack of a health care institution, the cadre organized the Malone Hospital Association. Lack of funds were preventing any progress on the new hospital.
In 1908, Mrs. Mary A. Leighton bequeathed an endowment fund of $10,000 for the cause. A few years later Clarke J. Lawrence, vice-president of the Farmers’ National Bank of Malone offered $25,000 for the erection of a building; provided an equal amount was raised by subscription and the name changed to Alice Hyde Hospital Association. The name, as a result, became Alice Hyde Memorial Hospital in memory of his beloved niece who died a year earlier.
A fund raising campaign was started to meet the provisions declared by Mr. Lawrence. $50,000 was raised by all the surrounding towns. The directors of the hospital declared the majority of the monies to be used to erect a two story fireproof building on the corner of Park and Third Street. The corner stone was laid in 1911 and formally opened on September 15, 1913.
Several years passed without any major changes to the hospital. It was in 1930 when the American Legion made a generous donation that provided a means to build a pediatric ward to be located in The American Legion Memorial Wing. The community supplemented the remaining costs through fund-raising. More additions were built in the 1950’s, such as, a five-story structure, housing medical, surgical, obstetrical, and nursing units, as well as dietary, x-ray, emergency, and laundry services.
A rise in the need for long-term care for seniors in the community prompted the Association to open a twenty-four bed nursing home to meet the needs of the elderly. Because additional space was needed, in 1968, a two-story home was dedicated and the forty-five rooms were quickly filled. By 1972, the second floor was also occupied with residents and the project was complete.
The increasing need for an intensive care unit became evident in the early 1970’s. The ICU was built and specially trained doctors and nurses were hired to care for the patients with sophisticated equipment. This new addition also included four new rooms in the medical unit, two of which were reserved for isolation.
