A community must be heard
In January 1991, Placid Memorial Hospital, including its emergency department, elected to consolidate with General Hospital of Saranac Lake creating what eventually became Adirondack Health. Neither hospital 32 years ago was projected to be successful on its own. Other community hospitals statewide were experiencing similar challenges. While this resulted in Placid Memorial merging its assets with the successor Adirondack Medical Center, Lake Placid required that the agreement provided for 24-hour emergency room services.
