Flushing Hospital Medical Center (also known as Flushing Hospital)
is one of the oldest hospitals in New York City.
It survived a 1999
bankruptcy
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and subsequently affiliated first with the
New York Presbyterian Hospital
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and then with the
MediSys Health Network. The hospital is also currently affiliated with the
to provide clinical rotations for the college's
osteopathic medicine
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students.
Designations
The hospital is a New York State designated
primary stroke center and a
Level 3 Perinatal Center.
History
Established in 1884,
in 1951 the hospital celebrated the birth of its 5,000th baby.
By 1993 Flushing Hospital was described as "an unaffiliated community hospital that is struggling financially."
On that basis, the hospital affiliated with
Preferred Health Network
Preferred Health Network is a non-profit network of hospitals that was formed in 1989. That same year, they took over the managing of Brooklyn's Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and Jackson Heights' ''Physicians Hospital''. When several other hospi ...
,
then-described as "a network of hospitals and health centers based in Brooklyn."
A
voluntary hospital A voluntary hospital is a non-profit private hospital. They can be distinguished from for-profit private hospitals, and municipal or public hospitals, which are publicly owned. Created from the eighteenth century onwards in England, hospitals usin ...
, Flushing's nursing staff was particularly affected in early 2012 by financial difficulties, having been listed in 2011 as being among six NYC hospitals "in critical condition" - at the time it was part of the
MediSys Health Network.
The hospital's original major building, constructed in 1913, was demolished in 1975.
Affiliations
MediSys Health Network owns and operates
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a private, non-profit teaching hospital and emergency facility in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York City, on the service road of the Van Wyck Expressway at Jamaica Avenue. The hospital is a clinical ...
and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Its prior affiliations and management include the
New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network.
Parsons Hospital became a division of ''Flushing''.
The latter was acquired by
New York Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center (; previously known as New York Hospital, Old New York Hospital, and City Hospital) is a research hospital in New York City. It is the teaching hospital for Cornell University's medical school and is part of NewYork-P ...
in April 1996.
References
External links
New York Times article on Flushing Hospital and others nearby
Hospitals in Queens, New York
Flushing, Queens
Hospitals established in 1884
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