Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a

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and emergency facility in the

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neighborhood of

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, on the service road of the

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. The hospital is a clinical campus of the

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and provides clinical clerkship education for the college's osteopathic medical students.

Origins

Since 1837, the village of

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, had been served by the stagecoach. In 1883, the

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opened its

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, making Jamaica a suburb of New York City. The residents held a fundraiser in 1883 and collected $179.40 (). This money was saved until the Jamaica Hospital was opened in 1891 near what is now Jamaica Avenue and 169th Street. At that time the founders applied to state officials for a certificate of incorporation, which was granted on February 20, 1892. Jamaica Hospital's first permanent location opened on June 18, 1898, near the

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on the east side of New York Avenue (Guy Brewer Blvd), a short distance north of South Street. The new hospital building opened on May 1, and despite not being ready to fully receive patients, admitted its first patients several days later. Due to an influx of wounded during the

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, by July every available space was occupied by soldiers.

Jamaica Hospital dedicated

The new Jamaica Hospital building on Van Wyck Boulevard was completed on August 24, 1924, where the first patient was admitted. The following day the building was dedicated and Jamaica Hospital formally opened.The Long Island Press, August 26th, 1924

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* {{authority control Hospitals in Queens, New York Jamaica, Queens Hospitals established in 1891 Trauma centers

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Jamaica Hospital dedicated

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