Tri-Town Regional Hospital Raises $80K for New Services

Cooperstown, NY – Just two months after announcing a campaign to support the establishment of an outpatient specialty services clinic at Tri-Town Regional Hospital (TRH) in Sidney, nearly $80,000 has been raised.

The clinic is being established in memory of Bruce Wilhelm, the hospital’s first chief executive officer, who passed away in April after battling cancer for nearly two years.

The cornerstone of the specialty services clinic will be medical oncology, which is the management and treatment of cancer with medicines, including chemotherapy.

More than 100 memorial gifts in honor of Wilhelm have been made to the Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network, which is spearheading this fundraising effort for TRH.

The most recent donation is from Mirabito Energy Products, based out of Binghamton. The company has pledged $50,000 towards the TRH specialty services project.

The outpatient specialty clinic at TRH will be located on the hospital’s second floor. In addition to cancer care, Bassett plans to offer orthopedic care and plastic surgery. Additional specialty services may be added later. Renovations to accommodate the new clinic are expected to begin later this summer and should be completed in the fall.