Hunts Point Hospital

Hunts Point Hospital
Geography
Location	Lafayette Avenue & Manida Street, Hunts Point, Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates	40.81672°N 73.88953°W / 40.81672; -73.88953
Organization
Type	Community
Services
Beds	100
Links
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in the Bronx

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 death a girl born mentally weak.[8]

References

1. "Hospital Property Sold in the Bronx". The New York Times. December 7, 1945.
2. "Births". The New York Times. September 25, 1938.
3. Albin Krebs (June 13, 1970). "Ottinger Seeks City Use Of 'Packaged' Hospitals". The New York Times. at Lafayette Avenue and Manida Street, in the South Bronx.
4. New York Supreme Court. May 5, 1926. Consent to Operation and Treatment
5. New York Supreme Court. until the operation in the Hunts Point Hospital.
6. "HOSPITAL'S REJECTION OF BOY UNDER INQUIRY; Dr. Bernecker Says Hunts Point May Have Acted Wisely". The New York Times. May 30, 1944.
7. "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". The New York Times. May 29, 1944.
8. "STORY OF BABY LEFT TO DIE FOUND FALSE; Infant Reported "Doomed" Because of Prospect of Weak Mentality Safe in Hospital". The New York Times. September 30, 1924.