Peninsula Hospital Center

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Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Cassena Care
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Peninsula Hospital Center
Geography
Location51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, New York, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Services
Beds200
Helipad Yes
History
Opened1911
Links
Website http://peninsulanrc.com/
Lists Hospitals in New York State
Other links Hospitals in Queens

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Rockaway Beach Hospital and Peninsula General Hospital, was a community hospital in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York. PHC, founded in 1908, which opened on April 30, 1911, [1] was an affiliate of the MediSys Health Network at the time of its 2012 closure.

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History

The hospital expanded in 1960. [2] In 1964, then still known as "Peninsula General Hospital in Edgemere, Queens," they built a supplementary 2-story structure primarily for nurses quarters. [3] In the 1970s Peninsula attempted to take over another hospital. [4]

PHC ran a 173-bed acute care community teaching hospital campus, and a 200-bed long-term care and rehabilitation center, serving the communities of the Rockaways, the Five Towns of Nassau County and parts of Queens and Brooklyn.

Peninsula, which in 2006 a state agency wanted St. Johns to absorb, [5] closed in 2012.

Since 2014 the facility has been known as Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center operated by Cassena Care. [6] [7]

Services

Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offered the following medical services:

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Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Medical staff residency training records and Verifications have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) [8] Closed Residency program records. [9]

Auxiliary services

Nursing Home: Attached to the hospital is a 200-bed facility known as the Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (PCECR).

Family Health Center: This facility offered comprehensive outpatient care for all ages.

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References

  1. "OPEN ROCKAWAY HOSPITAL.; Institution Built by the Public Is Turned Over to the City with a Ceremony". The New York Times . May 1, 1911.
  2. "Peninsula Hospital Expands". The New York Times . September 3, 1960.
  3. "Peninsula Hospital to Build New Quarters for Staff". The New York Times . March 22, 1964. Peninsula General Hospital ... will have provisions for additional stories.
  4. Lawrence C. Levy (September 7, 1975). "Teaching Hospital Planned In Queens". The New York Times .
  5. Michael Cooper; Sewell Chan (November 28, 2006). "Panel Said to Call for Closing 9 New York Hospitals". The New York Times .
  6. "Peninsula Hospital Center". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  7. Nir, Sarah Maslin (May 20, 2012). "Down to One Hospital, Rockaway Braces for Summer Crowds". The New York Times .
  8. "FSMB | Federation Credentials Verification Service | Credentials Verification". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  9. "FSMB | Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS)| Closed Residency Programs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-12-02.

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