Newton, Massachusetts, May 2002 -- TRO/The Ritchie Organization has been selected to provide campus and facility master planning services for Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York and planning and design services for renovations to the emergency department at Albany Memorial Hospital in Albany, New York. TRO was commissioned by Northeast Health, the not-for-profit parent corporation of Samaritan Hospital and Albany Memorial Hospital.

Serving 15 counties in the greater Capital Region of Upstate New York, Northeast Health cares for approximately 350,000 people each year and provides a vast array of senior care services, hospital services, specialty services, and retirement living options.

TRO/The Ritchie Organization is a 240-person planning and design firm specializing in healthcare, academic, and corporate/commercial facilities. Services include programming/feasibility studies, architecture, planning, interior design, and engineering. Based in Boston, we maintain regional offices in Birmingham, Sarasota, and Memphis. For more information visit www.troarch.com.