The $99.9 million overhaul of the two hospitals in Troy, N.Y., has been put on the fast track according to an article in the Albany Business Review.
In the article and accompanying video, Norm Dascher, CEO of Samaritan Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, located a mile apart in Troy, said he can't afford to take nearly as much time with the construction as was first planned.
Both hospitals were built in 1919, when Troy's population was peaking at about 75,000 people. Today it's about 50,000 today and both hospitals are usually at around 50 percent capacity. As a result of a 2011 merger, the hospitals belong to St. Peter's Health Partners.
"Troy cannot sustain two full-service community hospitals," Dascher said in the article.
In the video, Dascher talks about the changes going on in healthcare today.
See the article and accompanying video.
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