Claim: Via Health announced the closure of Genesee Hospital in Rochester, New York in April 2001 and maintained after a diabetes center and some facilities in the hospital site.
Evidence: In April 2001, Via Health, the company that owned the hospital, announced that the hospital would close within 90 days in an effort to cut costs. Genesee Hospital was a hospital in Rochester, New York, United States, that was open from September 19, 1889 to May 21, 2001. The hospital site and buildings remained intact after the hospital's closure, and ViaHealth retained a presence, with a diabetes center and some other facilities.