Hunts Point Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lafayette Avenue & Manida Street, Hunts Point, Bronx, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40°49′00″N 73°53′22″W / 40.81672°N 73.88953°W |
Organization | |
Type | Community |
Services | |
Beds | 100 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Other links | Hospitals in the Bronx |
Hunts Point Hospital [1] [2] was a 100-bed [3] Bronx hospital that closed, and was sold in 1945; [1] the building was subsequently abandoned. [3]
They had served the local community for general medical/surgical [4] [5] and maternity needs. [2]
The NYC Fire Commissioner disclosed that the hospital allegedly refused "to admit a 6-year-old boy who was dying from electric burns and shock." [6] [7]
The hospital closed months later, and its building was sold. [1]
Twenty years prior to this boy's death another allegation was made regarding claims by a nurse about plans for starving to death a girl born mentally retarded. [8]
at Lafayette Avenue and Manida Street, in the South Bronx.
Consent to Operation and Treatment
until the operation in the Hunts Point Hospital.
Hunts Point Hospital | |
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| |
Geography | |
Location | Lafayette Avenue & Manida Street, Hunts Point, Bronx, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40°49′00″N 73°53′22″W / 40.81672°N 73.88953°W |
Organization | |
Type | Community |
Services | |
Beds | 100 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Other links | Hospitals in the Bronx |
Hunts Point Hospital [1] [2] was a 100-bed [3] Bronx hospital that closed, and was sold in 1945; [1] the building was subsequently abandoned. [3]
They had served the local community for general medical/surgical [4] [5] and maternity needs. [2]
The NYC Fire Commissioner disclosed that the hospital allegedly refused "to admit a 6-year-old boy who was dying from electric burns and shock." [6] [7]
The hospital closed months later, and its building was sold. [1]
Twenty years prior to this boy's death another allegation was made regarding claims by a nurse about plans for starving to death a girl born mentally retarded. [8]
at Lafayette Avenue and Manida Street, in the South Bronx.
Consent to Operation and Treatment
until the operation in the Hunts Point Hospital.