Jackson Heights Hospital was a "small community hospital"[1] in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City.[2] It opened in 1935 as Physicians Hospital, was sold and renamed in the 1990s, and subsequently closed.[2] The hospital was torn down, and the site is now a public school.
| Jackson Heights Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Community |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Physicians Hospital |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Queens |
Jackson Heights Hospital was a "private, nonprofit hospital" that was operated by MediSys Health Network,[3] functioning as a subsidiary of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in the neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn.[2] A Junior High School, I.S. 230, was built on the hospital's site two years after the hospital closed and was torn down.
History
editPhysicians Hospital was opened in 1935 within a building that occupied a single city block,[1] and was originally staffed by nine physicians. One of them, financier and philanthropist Jules Blankfein, "served for many years as its president and as a director."[4]
In 1989, under different ownership, Physicians had "not met its payroll in more than six weeks" (and had other debts too), MediSys Health Network was given the task to assume operational responsibility.[5] By 1990 the hospital was operating under the name Jackson Heights Hospital.[1]
Jackson Heights Hospital closed eight years after Parsons Hospital.[1] It was seen as "an early example of what will become an increasingly common occurrence: the disappearance of neighborhood hospitals in New York City."[6] Some of this was attributed at the time to the opening nearby of "specialized treatment centers" (some of them operated as "hospital satellite centers").[7] Two decades prior to the closing, the New York Times had headlined a "Plan to Eliminate Maternity Wards In 40 Hospitals Scored at meeting."[8] Months before the hospital closed, "the 83-bed facility had 20 beds filled."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Norimitsu Onishi (November 10, 1996). "Neighbors Mourn Loss Of Hospital In Queens: Health Care Shift In Jackson Heights". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d Charisse Jones (October 13, 1996). "Underused Jackson Heights Hospital to Close". The New York Times.
- ^ Steven Lee Myers (May 13, 1993). "Takeover of Flushing Hospital Leads to a Review". The New York Times.
Mr. Pendola's network, which began at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick in 1989 and now includes Jackson Heights Hospital
- ^ "Jules Blankfein, 89, A Hospital Founder". The New York Times. June 3, 1989.
- ^ "Ailing Hospital Gets a Manager". The New York Daily News. October 9, 1989.
- ^ "Little Neck will close as a hospital on Dec. 3"
- ^ John Holusha (November 17, 1996). "Hospitals' Use of Satellite Centers Is Growing". The New York Times.
- ^ Edward Hudson (June 17, 1977). "Plan to Eliminate Maternity Wards In 40 Hospitals Scored at meeting". The New York Times.
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