Gouverneur Hospital
227 Madison Street | Two Bridges | built 1970
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- 1885
Gouverneur Hospital opens as the city's 19th municipal hospital, the forerunner of today's facility
The hospital that now stands at 227 Madison Street began in 1885 in a three-story building in the Financial District, serving a Lower East Side swelling with European immigrants. At first it treated only accident cases and sent overnight patients to Bellevue, though it had 40 beds in use within about two years. It was also the first public hospital in the country to create a tuberculosis clinic.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1902
Emily Dunning wins a place at Gouverneur Hospital as the first woman accepted for postgraduate surgical training
After Gouverneur refused her an internship in 1901, Emily Dunning applied again the next year with support from political and religious figures and was accepted. She was the first woman taken on for postgraduate surgical training at a hospital. Her fellow residents gave her hard on-call schedules and ward duties, and she completed her residency in 1904 as the world's first female ambulance surgeon. This was at the hospital's earlier home on Water Street, before it moved to Madison Street.
“Gouverneur Hospital in New York City refused to give her an internship. ... the first woman ever accepted for post-graduate surgical training…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1940
Dr. George Baehr organizes a prepaid medical plan at Gouverneur for low-income patients
Gouverneur physician Dr. George A. Baehr organized a prepaid medical plan in 1940 for patients of limited means. The plan later grew into HIP, the health care plan. The hospital was then still in its older building on Water Street.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1972
Gouverneur Hospital reopens in a new building on Madison Street
Gouverneur Hospital opened in 1885 and became the first public hospital in the country to start a tuberculosis clinic. It lost its accreditation in 1959, and the old hospital closed about a decade later. A new Gouverneur formally opens at 227 Madison Street on September 21, 1972, a 14-story building with 216 beds, an emergency room and outpatient clinics. Beth Israel Hospital initially provides its professional services.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1991
NYU's residency program makes Gouverneur a teaching center
Gouverneur's tie to NYU medicine goes back to the mid-1970s, and in 1991 NYU's Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program widens to take in the hospital as a major outpatient and teaching center. NYU says 24 residents now keep continuity clinics at Gouverneur, and it is a favorite site for medical students on ambulatory care rotations.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2008
Gouverneur starts a four-year, $180 million modernization of its Madison Street campus
In 2008 the hospital is renamed Gouverneur Health, and on September 22 work begins on a four-year, $180 million modernization at 227 Madison Street. New and refurbished buildings are added, expanding primary and preventive services by 15 percent.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2011
Gouverneur opens a new ambulatory care pavilion and a nursing home penthouse floor
Gouverneur holds a ribbon-cutting for a new ambulatory care pavilion and the top floor of its nursing home, which Downtown magazine says mark progress in a renovation then put at $200 million. Officials in attendance include Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Borough President Scott Stringer. The Fukien Benevolent Association of America adds a surprise $10,000 check for the hospital's future.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2013
Gouverneur earns the highest patient-centered medical home rating
In 2013 Gouverneur Health is accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home, the top level possible. The facility serves predominantly Hispanic and Chinese New Yorkers.
“In 2013, Gouverneur Health received accreditation as a "Level 3" Patient-Centered Medical Home from the National Committee for Quality Assurance…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
A $180 million modernization of Gouverneur is completed
A modernization project begins at 227 Madison Street in September 2008 at a cost of $180 million and is completed in 2014. It creates a 450,000-square-foot health care center and adds an eight-story tower for a 295-bed nursing home, 85 beds more than before. The ambulatory care pavilion now serves more than 345,000 outpatient visits a year.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
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