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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.
Pediatrics at Mount Sinai date back to 1860 when the first ever position of chair of pediatrics in New York was created for Dr. Abraham Jacobi, known as the father of American pediatrics. [5] [6] In 1988, Henry R. Kravis donated $10 million to Mount Sinai to establish a children's hospital. The hospital was named after him to honor the donation ...
The Department of Pediatrics has received more National Institutes of Health research grants than any other pediatric program in the New York metro area. [ 53 ] The physician-researchers at the hospital have made significant advancements in the field of pediatrics, including performing the first successful pediatric heart transplant ...
The modern Department of Health, under a single commissioner, was formed by the New York City Charter revision pursuant to Chapter 137 of the Laws of 1870 passed by the New York State legislature. In the early years after its formation, commissioners were sometimes political appointments, with no experience in medicine or related fields. [ 5 ]
According to a 1967 study just two years later, the conditions and quality of care at public hospitals in New York City were deplorable. [5] In 1969, New York State created HHC to replace the city's Department of Hospitals in operating city hospitals and other health care facilities. [6]
In 1949, a 64-acre (260,000 m 2) parcel was purchased by the New York City Department of Hospitals to establish a tertiary care facility and teaching hospital with a campus-like health care environment – one which would be located well away from urban congestion, traffic noise and fumes.
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.
In 2010, the health department began a program to document health disparities. The first report focused on disparities in life expectancy and death, and stated that death rates were 30% higher in the poorest New York City neighborhoods than the wealthiest. [11]