Catholic Health officials scrambled to get the temporary emergency room opened at 12:01 a.m. on June 18, preserving local emergency health services after the bankrupt Eastern Niagara Hospital closed June
As mentioned last week in Niagara Discoveries, in 1955, Lockport City Hospital was renamed Lockport Memorial Hospital. A year later, an addition was built on the northwest corner of the
Community and rural hospitals across Western New York are undergoing significant upheaval, with dramatic changes unfolding at several of those facilities in the past few weeks.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Today’s installment of Niagara Discoveries is a summary of the history of the Lockport City/Memorial Hospital. For more on the hospital guild, please see, “The Strong Hands and