Rochester, like every other city, has a number of hospitals for recovery from your accident-prone, hard-luck, and generally tragic days.
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F.F. Thompson Hospital - Located in Canandaigua, serving Ontario County
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Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong - Located in the U of R area
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Highland Hospital - Located in the South Wedge neighborhood of the city
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Medina Memorial Hospital - Located in Village of Medina - serving Orleans County
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Monroe Community Hospital - Located in the U of R area, No Emergency Services
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital - Located in Newark, serving Wayne County
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Noyes Memorial Hospital - Located in Dansville, serving Livingston County and all points South
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Rochester General Hospital - Located in the city, on the border of Irondequoit
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Strong Memorial Hospital - Located in the U of R area
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Unity Hospital - Located in Greece, formerly known as Park Ridge Hospital
These hospitals are in turn served by a number of ambulance companies.
As of 2008, all of Rochester's birthing centers are in hospitals.
For those occasions where a hospital would just be overkill, there are the urgent care clinics providing for non-life-threatening treatment:
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Eastside Medical Urgent Care - Located in Penfield
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Extended Medical Services-Urgent Care - Located in Webster and Henrietta
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First Choice Medical Urgent Care - Located in Henrietta
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Immediate Care East - Located in Victor
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Rochester Immediate Care - Located in Greece and Webster
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Strong Urgent Care - Located in Brockport and Spencerport
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Thompson Health Urgent Care - Located in Farmington
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Urgent Care by Lifetime Health - Located in Brighton, Greece and Rochester
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Urgent Care Now - Located in Webster
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Xpress Care Medical - Located in Gates
Historical footnote: Rochester's health care system was cited as a national model by Bill Clintion in his 1992 campaign: see 1993 GAO Report and NY Times article of August 25, 1992.
In New York State, all hospitals are run as Nonprofit Organizations and therefore benefit from community donations and volunteer work.