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University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital (or LICH) was a 506-bed teaching hospital located in the Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York.
Briefly named The St. John’s Hospital, then The Long Island Hospital and Medical College, by 1858 it was formally referred to as The Long Island College Hospital. The name signaled a major breakthrough for American medical practice.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading urban medical centers, serving the people of Brooklyn since 1860.
The Long Island College Hospital was founded in 1858 and functioned as both a hospital and medical school. Its original building was located on the west side of Henry Street between Pacific and Amity Streets in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Cobble Hill.
Within a short time, the name of the institution was changed to the Long Island College Hospital (today it is now known as the Downstate Health Sciences University); this was America's first college hospital.
The Long Island College Hospital-Collegiate Division, the nation's first college-hospital, commenced instruction on March 29, 1860. Today, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn's only academic medical center continues to carry out the mission of the original charter.
It was becoming obvious to Ms. Valdez that the money-losing hospital in Brooklyn, 156 years old, would be closing as scheduled, at least in its current form, after 16 months of legal skirmishing...
History of the Long Island College Hospital, Long Island College of Medicine, and the State University of New York College of Medicine at New York City. Alumni Association highlights, 1880-1955, and biographies of graduates, 1900-1955
Cobble Hill and Long Island College Hospital (LICH) share a long and storied history. Many Brooklyn residents can recall being treated or seeing their children treated at the hospital, and for more than 150 years, LICH was an integral part of the community.
All of the hospital, except for the emergency department, is closing at midnight on Thursday. The State University of New York has been trying to sell the Long Island College Hospital in...