New York Community Hospital is a hospital in

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that was founded in 1929 by two brothers, both doctors. The hospital has been renamed several times before becoming part of

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in 1997. They more recently partnered with

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. The hospital, which was described as "One Address, Many Hospitals" due to changing names, offers

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meals to patients.

History

The original medical facility, ''Madison Park Hospital'', was founded in 1929 by Dr. Albert R. Fritz and his brother Dr. J. Dudley Fritz. It was mostly known as a maternity hospital. The hospital was named for the neighborhood. Over a period of time, the name was changed and the hospital underwent more than one

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. * ''Madison Community Hospital of Adelphi College'' * ''Hospital of the Jacques Loewe Foundation'' (1961) * ''Community Hospital'', which filed for

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in 1973. In 1978 the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council recommended closing the hospital. * ''New York Community Hospital'' (1992; affiliated with

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. * ''New York Community Hospital'' (1997-2016; affiliated with

. * ''New York Community Hospital'' (2018; partnered with Maimonides Medical Center) The link of the 134-bed ''NYCH'' with the 711-bed ''Maimonidies'' that began as a Clinical Collaboration in 2018 brought speculation in 2020 that "a full-asset merger" has been discussed. It began as a 60-bed hospital, subsequently expanded to 134 beds. In 2006 a state agency recommended merging this hospital with another; it wasn't done.

References

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