St. Francis Hospital (Flower Hill, New York)

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St. Francis Hospital
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
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St. Francis Hospital in 2008.
Geography
Location100 Port Washington Boulevard
Roslyn, New York 11576
Coordinates40°48′15″N 73°40′12″W / 40.8042°N 73.6700°W / 40.8042; -73.6700Coordinates: 40°48′15″N 73°40′12″W / 40.8042°N 73.6700°W / 40.8042; -73.6700
Organisation
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Services
SpecialityCardiac Center
History
Former name(s)St. Francis Home; St. Francis Sanatorium
Opened1922
Links
Websitehttps://stfrancisheartcenter.chsli.org/

St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center (known casually as St. Francis Hospital) is a 449-bed non-profit[1]teaching hospital located in Flower Hill, New York.[2] It is New York State's only specialty-designated cardiac center.[3]

The hospital is affiliated with the New York Institute of Technology for clerkship education at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.[4] St. Francis is nationally ranked by the U.S. News and World Report[5] in Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics.[5] St. Francis is also ranked #6 in New York State as well as #6 in the New York Metropolitan Area.[6]

History[]

The origins of St. Francis Hospital can be traced back to 1922, when Carlos W. Munson, a wealthy Flower Hill resident and the heir to the Munson Steamship Company - along with his wife, Mabel, gave a 15-acre parcel of their property to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.[3][7][8] The Franciscan Missionaries opened a convent on the land and used it as a camp for poor and chronically-ill children from New York City.[7][8] In 1937, 2% of Brooklyn schoolchildren suffered from rheumatic heart conditions and needed charitable healthcare assistance.[9] As a result, the camp was transformed into a cardiac sanatorium for children.[7][9] By 1941, St. Francis featured 125 beds, caring for children between 6 and 16 years of age with an average stay of 8 months.[9] The hospital expanded in 1954 to care for adult patients and had grown to house 227 beds and 5 operating rooms by 1973.[8]

After Avianca Flight 52 crashed on January 25, 1990 in Cove Neck, St. Francis Hospital was one of several area hospitals that took in and cared for passengers injured in the crash.[10]

In 2012, St. Francis Hospital renovated their emergency room, expanding it and making it more energy-efficient.[11]

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References[]

  1. ^ https://data.democratandchronicle.com/covid-19-hospital-capacity/facility/st-francis-hospital-roslyn/330182/
  2. ^ Bleyer, Bill, List of Geographical Misnomers, Newsday, Retrieved on 2009-05-16.
  3. ^ a b "About Us". St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center. Retrieved April 22, 2008.
  4. ^ "Clinical Education Institutions | College of Osteopathic Medicine | New York Tech". www.nyit.edu. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (U.S. News and World Report)".
  6. ^ "Catholic Health Earns High Marks from U.S. News & World Report | CHSLI". www.chsli.org. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Village of Flower Hill » Village History". villageflowerhill.org. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Glass, Judy (August 2, 1987). "Hospital Began as Children's Camp". The New York Times – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ a b c "St. Francis Sanitorium". Newsday. January 30, 1941 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ Nagourney, Eric (March 10, 1990). "Slow Healing: 2 Dozen Survivors Still in Hospital, Many Facing More Than a Year of Therapy or Extra Surgery Tending Their Pain Flight 52 survivors brace for months of recovery". Newsday – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ Pm, 2012 8:35. "Roslyn hospital unveils bigger, greener ER". Newsday. Retrieved December 3, 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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