Hillcrest General Hospital

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Hillcrest General Hospital
Hillcrest General Hospital
Geography
Location Queens, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°43′15″N73°48′28″W / 40.7207°N 73.8078°W / 40.7207; -73.8078
History
Opened1962
Closed2007
Links
Lists Hospitals in New York State
Other links List of hospitals in Queens

Hillcrest General Hospital [1] [2] was opened around 1962 [3] by Dr. Sheldon Schwartz, a physician, who served as its chief of medicine for 25 years." [4] Hillcrest, a private hospital, [5] was later sold to an investor, who leased it to Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic. Osteopathic previously had acquired another hospital [6] to which they subsequently relocated, and the 5-story building [7] became St. Joseph's Hospital in 1985. [3]

Contents

GHI [8] owned Hillcrest during the Osteopathic period. [9] [10]

St. Joseph's Hospital

An April 2004 plan to "in the next year" close the hospital [11] materialized sooner. [12] [13] St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers had "run the hospital since 2000" [14] and concluded it "sits near several other hospitals, so its closing may not have much effect on health care in the community." [11] In 2007 the facility, after unsuccessful to at least provide services "that do not require patients to stay overnight in the hospital" [14] was repurposed for use by Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center Hospital, [7] although the community was "particularly worried about drug-abuse and alcoholism patients being within a few blocks of" schools. [12]

Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic

Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic had their own locations prior to leasing Hillcrest's building, including one they bought in 1954. [6] [15] [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Shmuel Lapin, 43, Expert on Yiddish". The New York Times . February 6, 1973.
  2. ↑ "Deaths". The New York Times . April 1, 2008. was the Director of Anesthesiology at Hillcrest General Hospital (later St. Josephs) for 30 years
  3. 1 2 Hospitals, Queens Co., St. Joseph's Hospital. OCLC   669976415 . Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ Carlotta Mohamed (July 28, 2020). "Queens councilman awards Holliswood centenarian with citation on 101st birthday". Queens Courier.
  5. ↑ Ronald Sullivan (July 14, 1984). "EMPLOYEES STRIKE AT 27 HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK CITY". The New York Times .
  6. 1 2 "OSTEOPATHS BUY A HOSPITAL HERE; Le Roy Sanitarium, Le Roy Sanitarium, 40 East 61st St., to Be Branch of Their Downtown Clinic". The New York Times . March 9, 1954. a proprietary hospital at 40 East Sixty-first Street
  7. 1 2 "City Planning Commission: ... Zoning Map, Section No. 14c" (PDF). February 5, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2021. a five-story building currently occupied by Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center, an in-patient alcohol and substance abuse treatment facility. The building formerly housed Hillcrest General Hospital.
  8. ↑ Group Health Incorporated
  9. ↑ "Group Health Inc. v. Blue Cross Ass'n, 587 F. Supp. 887 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)". June 13, 1984. In 1974, GHI purchased Hillcrest General Hospital
  10. ↑ "DEWEY v. HILLCREST GEN. HOSP". February 22, 1994. Hillcrest General Hospital-G.H.I. Group Health Incorporated
  11. 1 2 Richard Perez-Pena (April 16, 2004). "St. Vincent's To Close 2 Hospitals In Network". The New York Times .
  12. 1 2 Jeff Vandam (April 1, 2007). "No Welcome Wagon for a Rehab Center". The New York Times .
  13. ↑ "Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State" (PDF). Hillcrest General Hospital, 158-40 79th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11366;
    Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic, 158-40 79th Ave, Flushing, NY 11366;
    SVCMC - St. Joseph's Division, 158-40 79th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11366
  14. 1 2 Cynthia Koons (April 21, 2004). "St. Joseph's set to close in Flushing". Queens Courier.
  15. ↑ "Deaths". The New York Times . May 2, 1978. of The Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic of New York (Leroy Hospital)
  16. ↑ "Weekender Guide". The New York Times . September 17, 1976. sponsored by Le Roy Hospital, a division of the Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic


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