Holliswood Hospital

Holliswood Hospital was a Hollis, Queens 100-bed psychiatric hospital[1] that opened in 1986[2] and closed in 2013.[3][4] Their patients included teenagers.[5][6][7]

Holliswood Hospital
Geography
LocationHollis, Queens, New York, United States
Coordinates40.71788700413755°N 73.76980477444856°W / 40.71788700413755; -73.76980477444856
Organization
FundingFor-profit hospital
TypeSpecialist
Services
Beds100
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1986
Closed2013
Links
ListsHospitals in New York

The hospital was opened as a profit-making venture.[2] Their funding covered both those who have mental illnesses and also those with substance abuse problems, but "they treat those clients in separate programs."[8] For out-patients who are on medications, when a problem occurs there is a need "to find out whether it is because he has stopped taking his medication, is taking other drugs or both."

Holliswood hosted "a 13 part series on public television" covering topics such as depression, including interviewing Mike Wallace.[9]

History

The 1951-built[10] structure housing Holliswood previously was "Terrace Heights Hospital, which had closed a year or so earlier."[1]

Early in the year prior to their closing, they hired a new chief executive;[11] fund raising was attempted.[3] One of their causes for closing was that "a significant payer ... filed for bankruptcy."[4]

Aftermath

Four years after Holliswood closed, the site had "garbage strewn across its grounds."[12] In 2019 an application was filed with the local community board to tear down the building and approve a "proposal to build 19 two-story one-family houses."[13]

Controversy

"A Queens grand jury investigating the circumstances surrounding governmental approval of Holliswood Hospital has returned an indictment in the case" was reported 3 months after the hospital opened.[2] Related to this was the question of if the director of clinical services, who subsequently quit, was properly appointed.[1][14]

References
  1. Ronald Sullivan (January 29, 1986). "Hospital Owner Says Manes Sought to get job For His Own Wife". The New York Times.
  2. Ronald Sullivan (April 22, 1986). "Queens Indictment reported in inquiry on Mental Health". The New York Times.
  3. Phil Corso (August 22, 2013). "Holliswood Hospital shuts its doors". QNS TimesLedger.
  4. "Holliswood to shut down". Crain's New York Business. August 13, 2013.
  5. Jennifer Lee (June 21, 2006). "Queens: 4 Injured During Attempted Hospital Escape". The New York Times. climbed out a third-story window using sheets tied together
  6. https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/4-teen-girls-injured-botched-escape-qns-psych-hosp-article-1.564681#nt=outfit : Oren Yaniv; Rich Schapiro (June 21, 2006). "Teen girls injured in botched escape from Qns. Psych Hosp". The New York Daily News.
  7. Alex Ginsberg (November 10, 2005). "Son 'Freed to Kill' Dad; Ma's Grief Over Psych Release". The New York Post.
  8. Therese Madonia (March 1, 1987). "Mentally Ill Find aid for Drug Abuse". The New York Times.
  9. Liz Rhoades (September 21, 2006). "Queens Psychiatrist Hosts 'Healthy Minds'". Queens Chronicle.
  10. "87-37 Palermo St, Queens, NY 11423".
  11. "Game change holds up some OMIG audits". Crain's New York Business. March 26, 2012.
  12. "Ex-hospital building raises some concerns". Queens Chronicle. March 2, 2017.
  13. "Group tables request right before CB 8 vote". Queens Chronicle. March 21, 2019.
  14. "Mrs. Manes's Resume Is Questioned by State". The New York Times. March 20, 1986.
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