Richmond University Medical Center is a hospital in West New Brighton,

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. The hospital occupies the buildings that were formerly St. Vincent's Medical Center, which closed in 2006. It is affiliated with the

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and the Mount Sinai Health System.

History

Richmond University Medical Center was established on January 1, 2007. It is a

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located in

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. The original hospital on the site, St. Vincent's Hospital, was opened in 1903 as a 74-bed facility under the direction of the

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in what had been the Garner mansion, a mansard-roofed stone building built by Charles Taber and later owned by W.T. Garner (the building had been offered to ex-President

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as a retirement home, but Grant and his wife were reportedly put off by a summer swarm of

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The mansion still stands on the grounds. The hospital greatly expanded and modernized over the years, and the Sisters of Charity Healthcare System expanded to acquire the former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island, renaming it

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. In 1999

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of Manhattan, originally a separate institution founded by the same sisters, took control of the facility as part of a major restructuring of the overall community of Catholic healthcare facilities in New York. In 2006, St. Vincent's on Staten Island was sold to

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and spun off as Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC). Although largely non-religiously affiliated, a cross that adorned St. Vincent's Hospital, on its main building, remains; another cross, on the Villa Building, has been removed.

Campuses

* 355 Bard Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10310 (West Brighton) * 75

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, Staten Island, New York 10304 ( Stapleton)

Number of beds

The hospital is licensed to operate 448 beds. * Bed Type # * Alcohol Detoxification 7 * Coronary Care 10 * Intensive Care 20 * Maternity 34 * Medical-Surgical 291 * Neonatal Continuing Care 6 * Neonatal Intensive Care 8 * Neonatal Intermediate Care 11 * Pediatric 23 * Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 3 * Psychiatric / Mental 35

Ownership

* Sisters of Charity Healthcare (1903–1999) *

(1999–2007) * Richmond University Medical Center (2007–present)

References

External links

Official website
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