Cayuga Medical Center, officially referred to as Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca and abbreviated as CMC, is a
not-for-profit general hospital in
Ithaca, New York
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, serving the residents of
Broome,
Cayuga,
Chemung,
Cortland,
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,
Seneca
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,
Tioga, and
Tompkins counties. The hospital has 204 beds in total, and is one of the largest hospitals in the
Finger Lakes
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region and the
Southern Tier.
In 2014, the hospital announced its partnership with
Schuyler Hospital, another
not-for-profit general hospital in nearby
Montour Falls, New York
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and the creation of an umbrella organization for the two hospitals, the
Cayuga Health System.
History
The hospital was originally known as the Tompkins Community Hospital, and located on
East Hill in Ithaca. In the early 1970s, the hospital moved to a large new facility on
West Hill. In early 1996 it changed its name to the Cayuga Medical Center.
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Hospitals in New York (state)