NYC Health Hospitals Kings County

Name :

NYC Health Hospitals Kings County

Address  :

451 Clarkson Avenue

Town  :

Brooklyn

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

11203

Phone  :

718 245 3131

Web URL  :

Available

Description

At Kings County Hospital Center we take pride in providing our customers with the highest quality healthcare Equipped with the latest technology modern facilities and an experienced boardcertified staff we offer more services today than ever before

Kings County Hospital Center has a rich legacy for its pioneering role in medicine Today with over 627 beds our hospital remains on the cutting edge of technology and provides the most modern procedures with stateoftheart equipment Built in 1831 as a one room infirmary for publicly supported care of the sick Kings County Hospital Center continues to be a leading healthcare facility whose mission is to provide care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay The hospital provides a wide range of health services and specialties are offered in all fields of modern medicine More than 200 clinics provide a wide array of ambulatory care services

Kings County Hospital Center operates a worldrenowned Level 1 Trauma Center one of only three in the borough which serves 26 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island

In addition to its main campus Kings County Hospital Center is affiliated with the Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing amp Rehabilitation Center Neponsit Adult Day Health Care East New York Diagnostic amp Treatment Center and the BedfordStuyvesant Alcoholism Treatment Center Also seven 7 Family Health Service satellite sites serves as a backup facility for many health centers and hospitals in the borough

As the anchor facility of the Central Brooklyn Family Health Network Kings County Hospital Center maintains close relationships with diagnostic and long term care centers within the network and is a member institution of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation The hospital is academically affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center

History

Kings County Hospital Center was founded more than 175 years ago The hospital we know today has its origins in an institution known as the Almshouse that evolved in the 18th and 19th centuries The hospital sits on land that was bought from the Martense family for three thousand dollars In 1837 a hospital building was completed this building 86 feet long by 36 feet wide was the beginning of the present extensive physical plant which has become one of the largest municipal hospitals in the United States

Through the years many projects were completed within the Center bringing physical growth and improved clinical facilities for patient care and teaching of all types and levels of health workers The lay Advisory Board composed of outstanding members of the community devoted to the activities and welfare of the hospital was established in May 1951 It has been succeeded by a Community Advisory Board officially installed May 12 1972 and an active Consumer Council dedicated to the objective of optimum and concerned patient care

The Center has claimed many quotfirstsquot in the field of medicine it was the site of the first openheart surgery performed in New York State Kings County physicians invented the worlds first hemodialysis machine conducted the first studies of HIV infection in women and produced the first human images using magnetic resonance imaging MRI In addition Kings County was named the first Level 1 Trauma Center in the US

Throughout the growth and development of Kings County Hospital Center devoted administrative medical nursing and hospital staff have generously given of their knowledge time and talents to fulfill the words of the hospital dedication quotLet all who serve here remember that this institution is dedicated to the care of all who are helpless and afflicted This before all elsequot