The BronxCare Health System, previously known as "Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center", is a
hospital
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in
the Bronx, New York City
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. It was founded as the Lebanon Hospital by Jonas Weil in 1890. In 1962, Lebanon Hospital merged with Bronx Hospital, and since 2016, the combined center has served as a teaching hospital for
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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.
History
Lebanon Hospital
The current hospital center owes its origins to the immigration of
European Jews
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in the late 19th century that caused an even greater strain on the area's hospitals. Jonas Weil, after a poor experience in trying to obtain treatment for a friend decided to look for a solution to this problem. The first step in this process was the creation of the Lebanon Hospital Association via his own donation of $10,175.
[ Further monies followed from others, and the Lebanon Hospital was chartered in 1890 and opened in 1893 at the corner of Westchester Avenue and 151st Street.][ During ]World War II
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, it had served as "the Army's ."
Bronx Hospital
The Bronx Hospital, meanwhile, was founded in 1911 to meet the healthcare needs of the growing South Bronx community and was caring for more than 30,000 patients per year within its first seven years of operation. The operational team of the new hospital purchased the Eichler estate on Fulton Avenue and turned the home into a 110-bed hospital. Within an additional seven years, the local population grew further, necessitating a 310-bed hospital.[
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1950s and 1962 merger
By the time the 1950s had drawn to a close, the two hospital boards shared staff and resources in order to serve the needs of the Bronx's still-growing population, and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center was created in 1962.[ The current center consists of two major facilities: one at the Lebanon Hospital Grand Concourse site, a 17-story tower that provides medical, specialty, outpatient and emergency services; and one on Bronx Hospital's Fulton site, now a psychiatric and substance abuse program and a 240-bed skilled nursing facility.][ The hospital's promise is that it does not turn anyone away,]
BronxCare
On December 6, 2017, the organization's name was changed from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center to BronxCare Health System.
2017 attack
At approximately 3 p.m. on June 30, 2017, gunman Dr. Henry William Bello, a doctor who left Bronx-Lebanon after sexual harassment complaints, entered the building with an AR-15 rifle concealed under a lab coat. He attempted to locate a female target, then shot other medical staff, killing one doctor and wounding six other people. Approximately one hour later police found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Hospital buildings completed in 1893
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