North Central Bronx Hospital

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx, better known as North Central Bronx Hospital, is a municipal hospital founded in 1976[4] and operated by NYC Health + Hospitals. The 17 story Brutalist style building is located next to the Montefiore Medical Center in the Norwood neighborhood of The Bronx in New York City.[5][6]

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx
NYC Health + Hospitals
Geography
Location3424 Kossuth Avenue, The Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates40°52′49.55″N 73°52′53.05″W
Organization
FundingPublic hospital
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityJames J. Peters VA Medical Center[1]
NetworkNorth Bronx Health Network
Services
StandardsJoint Commission[2]
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Beds215 permanent & 120 additional temporary beds[3]
SpecialityCommunity
Public transit access New York City Subway: at Mosholu Parkway
at Norwood–205th Street
New York City Bus: Bx10, Bx16, Bx28, Bx30, Bx34, Bx38, BxM4
Metro-North Railroad:      Harlem Line at Williams Bridge
History
Opened1976 (1976)
Links
Websitewww.nychealthandhospitals.org/northcentralbronx/
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksHospitals in The Bronx

North Central Bronx Hospital is one of the 11 acute care hospitals of the NYC Health + Hospitals corporation. The hospital is a partner in the North Bronx Healthcare Network along with the Jacobi Medical Center.

The hospital has an educational affiliation with James J. Peters VA Medical Center.[1]

History

The $100 million Brutalist architecture facility opened on October 25, 1976.[7][8] A $12.5 million a year contract with nearby Montefiore Medical Center to provide some medical services was in place at the time.[9][8][10]

In 1977 the hospital began a birth center program that includes midwives.[11] [12] The birth center was renovated in 2013 and re-opened in 2014.[13]

In 2020, the 215 bed hospital began a rapid expansion of 120 additional intensive care unit (ICU) beds to assist the hospital's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The first 20 of the additional beds were opened as a COVID-19 specific ICU on May 5, 2020.[14]

North Central Bronx Hospital

See also

References
  1. "NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx". pagny.org. Physician Affiliate Group of New York.
  2. "Search QualityCheck.org". www.qualitycheck.org. Joint Commission. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. Contreras, Cristina (May 6, 2020). "NYC Health + Hospitals Celebrates Milestone of 20 Temporary ICU Beds Created to Triple Bed Capacity in the Bronx". www.nychealthandhospitals.org. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  4. "About North Central Bronx". nychealthandhospitals.org. North Central Bronx Hospital. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. "North Central Bronx Hospital, New York City | 113888 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Emporis GmbH. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. Lisa W. Foderaro (April 25, 2005). "Forget Close Competition. This Is Next-Door Rivalry". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. Williams, Lena (15 September 1976). "Board of Doctors Demands Opening Of Bronx Hospital". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. Bird, David (26 October 1976). "New North Central Bronx Hospital Finally Gets to Admit First Patient". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. "Pact Set for Montefiore and New Bronx Hospital". The New York Times. 15 October 1976. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. Williams, Lena (8 October 1976). "Montefiore Selected to Provide Medical Staff for Bronx Hospital". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  11. Norwood, Christopher (August 23, 1982). Delivering babies the old fashioned way (New York Magazine ed.). New York Media, LLC. pp. 66–68. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. Haire, Doris B.; Elsberry, Charlotte Cram (1991). "Maternity Care and Outcomes in a High-Risk Service: The North Central Bronx Hospital Experience". Birth. 18 (1): 33–37. doi:10.1111/j.1523-536X.1991.tb00051.x. ISSN 1523-536X. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  13. Hu, Winnie (12 October 2014). "Bronx Hospital Is Set to Reopen Its Birthing Center After a Renovation". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  14. Quinones, Miriam; Moloney, Síle (6 May 2020). "New Covid-19 ICU Opens at North Central Bronx Hospital". Norwood News. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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