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Wadsworth Hospital
Wadsworth Hospital was a 50-bed private hospital that, after being cited by Federal, State and New York City oversight agencies, and subsequently losing funding, closed in 1976. History This five-story Washington Heights hospital agreed in April 1976, after pressure from oversight agencies, to close. The 1929-built structure had one serious violation: a "single front door, which is the only exit from the upper floors" (which the hospital refused to remedy: "contended that putting in another exit would mean cutting down on the number of beds"). The location, 629 West 185th Street, became a medical office building. Loss of funding ''Wadsworth'', "where the most-frequent procedure was abortion," was one of three in a series of hospitals closed in the mid-1970s for "life-threatening fire and health violations." Initially they each lost certification, then they lost funding. As a result, it was "economically unfeasible for the hospital to stay in business." See also * List of ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawtelle Veterans Home
The Sawtelle Veterans Home was a care home for disabled American veterans in what is today part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area (see Sawtelle, Los Angeles) in California in the United States. The Home, formally the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was established in 1887 on of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica lands donated by Senator John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker. The following year, the site grew by an additional ; in 1890, more were appended for use as a veterans' cemetery. With more than 1,000 veterans in residence, a new hospital was erected in 1900. This hospital was replaced in 1927 by the James W. Wadsworth Hospital, now known as the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers In 1865, Congress passed legislation to incorporate the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War. Volunteers were not eligible for care in the existing regular army an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
