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Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City.It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, [1] representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City [2] responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement. The New York City Board of Health is part of the department.
A 2020 study found that COVID-19 testing in New York City was more egalitarian than income distribution. However, the same study found significant disparity in test results across income levels. Comparing the poorest ZIP codes to the wealthiest revealed a 38 to 65 percent difference in negative tests. [24]
The largest number of hospitals are in New York City. [1] The January 1, 2022 listing by the New York Health Department of general hospitals covered by the New York Healthcare Reform Act show 165 hospitals 63 closed hospitals, and 51 hospitals that had been merged with other hospitals. [2]
In late October 2012, a few days before the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy in New York, Brookdale Hospital was enlisted by the New York State Department of Health in the State's emergency response efforts. [17] [18] Brookdale was awarded $2.3 million for unreimbursed operating costs.
[98] [99] Beginning in fall 1954, Queens Hospital Center and Queens College began an experimental two-year nursing program free of tuition, funded by a $50,000 grant from the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York (now the City University of New York). [100] [101] This program would evolve into the Queens Hospital Center School of ...
[14] [15] Bellevue was renamed NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in November 2015 as a reflection of its parent organization's rebranding. [16] In 2014 Bellevue was ranked 40th overall best hospital in the New York metro area and 29th in New York City by U.S. News & World Report. [17] [4]
New York College of Podiatric Medicine: Network: NYC Health + Hospitals [1] Services; Emergency department: Level I trauma center: Beds: 362 [1] Public transit access: New York City Subway: at 149th Street–Grand Concourse station New York City Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx19, Bx32, BxM4: History; Former name(s)