Wadsworth Hospital

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Wadsworth Hospital
Wadsworth Hospital
Geography
Location629 West 185th Street,
Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°51′7.99″N73°55′57.91″W / 40.8522194°N 73.9327528°W / 40.8522194; -73.9327528
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type General
Services
Beds50
History
Opened1929
Closed1976
Links
Lists Hospitals in New York
Other links Hospitals in Manhattan

Wadsworth Hospital was a 50-bed private hospital [1] that, after being cited by Federal, State and New York City oversight agencies, and subsequently losing funding, closed in 1976. [2]

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History

This five-story [3] Washington Heights hospital agreed in April 1976, after pressure from oversight agencies, to close. [4] The 1929-built [5] structure had one serious violation: a "single front door, which is the only exit from the upper floors" (which the hospital refused to remedy: "contended that putting in another exit would mean cutting down on the number of beds").

The location, 629 West 185th Street, became a medical office building. [6]

Loss of funding

Wadsworth, "where the most-frequent procedure was abortion," [1] was one of three in a series of hospitals closed in the mid-1970s for "life-threatening fire and health violations." [2] [3] Initially they each lost certification, then they lost funding. As a result, it was "economically unfeasible for the hospital to stay in business."

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References

  1. 1 2 David Bird (March 11, 1976). "U.S. Is Cutting Of f Funds To Wadsworth Hospital". The New York Times .
  2. 1 2 Frances Cerra (May 24, 1976). "Medicare Drops Madison Ave. Hospital". The New York Times .
  3. 1 2 David Bird (March 6, 1975). "Persistent Violation Found in Study Here Of Private Hospitals". The New York Times .
  4. "Metropolitan Briefs". The New York Times . April 8, 1976.
  5. "Property valuation (tax assessments) of West 185th Street".
  6. "Montefiore at 629 West 185th Street".