Catskill Heart Ctr history

In 1972, The Jeanne E. Jonas Mental Health wing opened with 31 beds.

The addition of a 20 bed self-care wing in 1973 further expanded the facility.

In 1975, a $7 million groundbreaking for new construction to enable better care and increased efficiency took place.

On July 9, 1977, the new 297-bed Community General Hospital of Harris opened and the two smaller hospitals in Liberty and Monticello closed, completing the merger.

Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. is a privately-owned, commercial ambulance service founded by Rick and Gayle Metzger in 1981.

NYSASN was founded in 1986 by a grass roots group of school nurses who were dedicated in their vision to enhance the practice of school nursing.

In 1999, to ensure that quality healthcare would continue to be provided for the Mid-Hudson Region, the Board of Directors of Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen and Horton Medical Center in Middletown determined that the hospitals should pool resources and work together toward a merger.

In November 2000, recognizing the challenging realities of today's healthcare industry and the growing health needs of our community, Arden Hill Hospital and Horton Medical Center consolidated.

Effective December 20, 2001, St Luke's/Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh and Cornwall respectively withdrew from the Greater Hudson Valley Health System.

On September 1, 2002, the full asset merger of Arden Hill Hospital and Horton Medical Center was officially completed.

On Thursday, May 29, 2003 a press conference was held at – Orange Regional Medical Center’s Horton Campus to announce details of the purchase of a site for a new hospital.

Since opening our doors in 2007, the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has been attracting students and training physicians who are committed to working to correct diversity disparities in our health care delivery system so physicians can best meet patient needs.

Plans were developed, a Certificate of Need was secured, financing was arranged and ground was broken in March 2008 for the first new free standing community hospital in New York State in twenty years.

Ground was broken for the $6 million project in 2010.

In January 2013, Doctor Gerard Galarneau, a Urologist at Orange Regional Medical Center who also served as chief of staff, was named Catskill Regional Medical Center’s Chief Medical Officer.

The CRC opened with a splash on June 6th 2014 with the mission to “offer year-round swimming, fitness, and recreational opportunities that promote healthy lifestyles for people of all ages from the surrounding communities”.

After Ben Fain moved to Catskill from Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in 2016, he was so taken with the town’s potential that he invested more than $4 million, buying 10 buildings on Main Street, including a defunct movie theater that he hopes to reopen as an art-house cinema and music venue.

Catskill Regional Medical Center celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017.

Grover M. Hermann Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021.