Bassett Healthcare Network marks hospital’s centennial Dr. Mary Imogene Bassett liked to refer to her brand of compassionate care and rural doctoring as reflecting “a more excellent way” and today, the whole of central New York knows the hospital opened and named in her honor 100 years ago this week as Bassett Medical Center. Philanthropist Edward Severin Clark funded construction of the original Bassett Hospital; the Clark family has continued its stalwart support of the institution throughout the 10 decades since. And what a legacy the hospital carries. “Over the years, Bassett Hospital hosted the first bone marrow transplant, the … Continue reading Bassett marks centennial