Montefiore Home For Chronic Invalids
Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids (now, Montefiore Medical Center) was an American sanatorium charity hospital. Founded in 1884 in Manhattan, New York (state), New York at Avenue A (Manhattan), Avenue A and 84th Street, the sanatorium relocated to a larger building in Manhattan on 138th Street before removing to The Bronx in 1910. It also changed names several times. The sanatorium afforded medical treatment, food, and shelter to those unfortunates who, by reason of the incurability of their diseases, were refused admission in hospitals and asylums. It received all incurables, irrespective of creed and nationality. The institution was founded and maintained mainly by Jews in New York City, Jewish Generosity, munificence. The organization also managed the Montefiore Home Country Sanitarium in Bedford Hills, New York, Bedford Hills, Westchester County, New York, where it sent patients who were fit for a more active environment. Avenue A and 84th Street, Manhattan (1884-1888) ...
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