Hunts Point Hospital Explained
Hunts Point Hospital[1] [2] was a 100-bed[3] Bronx hospital that closed, and was sold in 1945;[1] the building was subsequently abandoned.[3]
They had served the local community for general medical/surgical [4] [5] and maternity needs.[2]
Controversy
The NYC Fire Commissioner disclosed that the hospital allegedly refused "to admit a 6-year-old boy who was dying from electric burns and shock."[6] [7]
The hospital closed months later, and its building was sold.[1]
Twenty years prior to this boy's death another allegation was made regarding claims by a nurse about plans for starving to deatha girl born mentally weak.[8]
Notes and References
- News: December 7, 1945 . Hospital Property Sold in the Bronx . limited . The New York Times.
- News: September 25, 1938 . Births . limited . The New York Times.
- News: Albin Krebs . June 13, 1970 . Ottinger Seeks City Use Of 'Packaged' Hospitals . limited . . at Lafayette Avenue and Manida Street, in the South Bronx..
- Book: New York Supreme Court . Consent to Operation and Treatment . May 5, 1926.
- Book: New York Supreme Court . until the operation in the Hunts Point Hospital..
- News: May 30, 1944 . HOSPITAL'S REJECTION OF BOY UNDER INQUIRY; Dr. Bernecker Says Hunts Point May Have Acted Wisely . limited . The New York Times.
- News: May 29, 1944 . HOSPITAL REFUSED TO ADMIT DYING BOY; Story Revealed Through Award for Heroism to Fireman Who Rescued Bronx Child. 31 DEPARTMENT MEDALS, 26 Go to Officers and Men of Fireboats That Fought Blaze on Ammunition Ship . limited . live . The New York Times.
- News: September 30, 1924 . STORY OF BABY LEFT TO DIE FOUND FALSE; Infant Reported "Doomed" Because of Prospect of Weak Mentality Safe in Hospital. . limited . The New York Times.
