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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Cabrini Medical Center
| Name = Cabrini Medical Center
| map_type = New York City
| map_type = New York City
| coordinates = {{coord|40.736296|-73.983768|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|40.7363|-73.9838|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| map_caption = Shown in New York City
| map_caption = Shown in New York City
| mapframe = no
| Logo = Cabrini Medical Center logo.gif
| Logo = Cabrini Medical Center logo.gif
| Logo Size = 125px
| Logo Size = 125px
| Location = 227 East 19th St
| Location = 227 East 19th Street
| Region = <br>New York
| Region =
| State = New York
| State = New York
| Country = US
| Country = US
| HealthCare = <!-- UK:NHS. AU/CA: Medicare. US:Medicare/Medicaid/Charity/Public. ELSE freetext, eg Private -->
| HealthCare = <!-- US: Medicare/Medicaid/Charity/Public. ELSE freetext, eg Private -->
| Type = <!-- Community, District General, Teaching, Specialist -->
| Type = <!-- Community, District General, Teaching, Specialist -->
| Speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (ie not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching -->
| Speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (ie not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching -->
| Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards -->
| Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards -->
| Emergency = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level -->
| Emergency = <!-- US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level -->
| Affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and University affiliations (medical or paramedical) -->
| Affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and University affiliations (medical or paramedical) -->
| Beds =
| Beds = 490 (in 1973)
| Founded = 1973
| Founded = 1973
| Closed = 2008
| Closed = 2008
| Website = http://www.cabrininy.org/
| Website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20080305190446/http://www.cabrininy.org/|http://www.cabrininy.org (archived)}}
| other_links = [[List of hospitals in Manhattan|Hospitals in Manhattan]]
| Wiki-Links = <!-- optional -->
|}}
|}}


'''Cabrini Medical Center''' of [[New York City]] was created in 1973 by a merger of two Manhattan hospitals. It closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties cited by the [[Stephen Berger#Recent public service|Berger Commission]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehastingscenter.org/the-berger-commission-proposes-big-changes-for-new-york-hospitals/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423035641/https://www.thehastingscenter.org/the-berger-commission-proposes-big-changes-for-new-york-hospitals/ |url-status=dead |title=The Berger Commission Proposes Big Changes for New York Hospitals |first1=Alicia |last1=Ouellette |first2=David |last2=Pratt |publisher=[[The Hastings Center]] |date=December 19, 2006 |archivedate=April 23, 2019}}</ref> followed by a bankruptcy filing.<ref name=bankrupt/>
'''Cabrini Medical Center''' of [[New York City]] was created in the late 20th century by a merger of two Manhattan hospitals. It closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties.


In January 2010, the five buildings formerly housing the medical center were purchased by [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]] for $83.1 million,<ref>{{cite web
In January 2010, the five buildings formerly housing the medical center were purchased by [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]] for $83.1 million,<ref>{{cite web
| title = Sloan-Kettering Drops $83.1 M. on Old Cabrini Buildings; Stalking Horse Demchick's $3 M. Payday
| title = Sloan-Kettering Drops $83.1 M. on Old Cabrini Buildings; Stalking Horse Demchick's $3 M. Payday
| publisher = [[The New York Observer]]
| first = Dana |last = Rubinstein
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| newspaper = [[The New York Observer]]
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| accessdate = 2010-02-08
| date = January 29, 2010
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| url = http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/sloan-kettering-drops-831-m-old-cabrini-buildings-developer-and-stalking-horse-bidd}}</ref> with plans to open an outpatient cancer facility,<ref>[http://townvillagemhttan.blogspot.com/2010/02/cabrini-to-become-cancer-outpatient.html "Cabrini to become cancer outpatient facility"] ''Town & Village'' (February 18, 2010)</ref> but as of July 2013, the buildings had been sold to a developer to be converted into residences.<ref>Dailey, Jessica. [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/26/cabrini_medical_center_headed_for_residential_conversion.php "Cabrini Medical Center Headed for Residential Conversion"] ''CurbedNY'' (July 26, 2013)</ref>
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| accessdate = October 14, 2019
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| url = https://observer.com/2010/01/sloankettering-drops-831-m-on-old-cabrini-buildings-stalking-horse-demchicks-3-m-payday/}}</ref> with plans to open an outpatient cancer facility;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://townvillagemhttan.blogspot.com/2010/02/cabrini-to-become-cancer-outpatient.html |title=Cabrini to become cancer outpatient facility |website=Town & Village |date=February 18, 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Park |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708070920/http://townvillagemhttan.blogspot.com/2010/02/cabrini-to-become-cancer-outpatient.html |archivedate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but in 2013 the buildings were sold to a developer to be converted into residences.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/26/cabrini_medical_center_headed_for_residential_conversion.php |title=Cabrini Medical Center Headed for Residential Conversion |website=CurbedNY |date=July 26, 2013 |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref>


== Columbus Hospital ==
== Columbus Hospital ==
Columbus Hospital was founded in 1892 (the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage), incorporated in 1895, and formally opened on March 18, 1896, by the [[Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]], to address the needs of Italian immigrants. The founding group included the now-canonized [[Mother Cabrini|Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini]], and among the first physicians of the hospital was [[George Frederick Shrady Sr.]]<ref name=walsh/><ref name=closing/><ref>{{Cite journal
Columbus Hospital was founded in 1892,<ref name="NYCMedDir1886">{{Cite document
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| first = George Frederick |last = Shrady
| title = Medical Directory of the City of New York, 1886
| authorlink = George Frederick Shrady Sr.
| publisher = [[Medical Society of the County of New York]]
| year = 1886
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| location = [[New York City|New York]]
| pages = 326–327
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Gc814MLVQx4C&printsec=frontcover#PPA326,M1
| oclc = 8665366
| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> incorporated in 1895,<ref name="NYCMedDir1886"/> and officially opened on March 18, 1896<ref name="MedicalRecord">{{Cite journal
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| author =[[George Frederick Shrady, Sr.]]
| title = Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York
| title = Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York
| journal = [[Medical Record (journal)|Medical Record]]
| journal = [[Medical Record (journal)|Medical Record]]
| publisher = [[Washington Institute of Medicine]]
| date = March 28, 1896
| date = March 28, 1896
| volume = 49
| volume = 49
| pages = 451
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| issn = 0363-0803
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0h4CAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA451,M1
| issue = 13
| issue = 13
| page = [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924056973278&seq=461&q1=columbus 451]
| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> by a [[Mission (Christian)|mission]] of the [[Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]] to address the needs of Italian immigrants.
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| issn = 0363-0803
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0h4CAAAAYAAJ
| quote = News of the Week. Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York. -The Columbus Hospital on East Twentieth Street was formally opened March 18th. A large number of visitors was present. The reception lasted from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M., and the guests were received by the Salesian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Preceding the inspecting of the institution by the visitors, the hospital was blessed by Archbishop Corrigan, who also made a short address. The medical staff consists of Drs. Stephen Smith, George F. Shrady, John Boucher, Charles Lewis, Bache Emmet, Peter Callan, Frank Ferguson, Cornelius Cokeley, Ramon Guitéras, and Joseph Winters
}}</ref>


The hospital was originally located in a former residence at 41 East 12th Street. In 1895 it moved to 226–228 East 20th Street, which had an approximate capacity of 100 beds.<ref name=walsh>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA786 |title=History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3 |first=James Joseph |last=Walsh |publisher=National Americana Society |year=1919 |pages=786–787}}</ref> In 1913 it expanded again, acquiring "annex" facilities vacated by the New York Polyclinic Hospital at 214–218 East 34th Street.<ref>{{Cite news
The founding group included the (now canonized) [[Mother Cabrini|Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini]]<ref name="HeritageTrail">{{cite web
| title = Columbus Hospital / Cabrini Medical Center
| title = Columbus Hospital; Seeks to Increase Accommodations for Italian Poor
| publisher = [[Immigrant Heritage Trail]]
| accessdate = 2008-04-20
| url = http://immigrantheritagetrail.org/?q=node/330}}</ref> and among the first physicians of the hospital was [[George Frederick Shrady, Sr.]].<ref name="MedicalRecord"/>

The original address of the hospital was 226 and 228 East 20th Street which had a capacity of 125 beds in 1886.<ref name="NYCMedDir1886"/> In 1913 it was moved to more adequate quarters vacated by the New York Polyclinic Hospital at 214-218 East 34th Street.<ref>{{Cite news
| title = COLUMBUS HOSPITAL; Seeks to Increase Accommodations for Italian Poor
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| date = April 6, 1913
| date = April 6, 1913
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1913/04/06/archives/columbus-hospital-seeks-to-increase-accommodations-for-italian-poor.html
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1913/04/06/archives/columbus-hospital-seeks-to-increase-accommodations-for-italian-poor.html
| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref>
}}</ref>


== Italian Hospital and merger ==
== Italian Hospital and merger ==
Italian Hospital was founded in 1937 by the Italian Hospital Society with the assets of and at the West 110th Street location of the defunct Parkway Hospital.<ref name="italhospsoc">{{cite web
Italian Hospital was founded in 1937 by the Italian Hospital Society, with the assets and the West 110th Street location of the defunct Parkway Hospital.<ref name="italhospsoc">{{cite web
| title = Italian Hospital Society - About Us
| title = About Us
| publisher = [[Italian Hospital Society]]
| publisher = Italian Hospital Society
| url = http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/Pages/about%20us.htm
| accessdate = 2010-02-11
| url = http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427055547/http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/Pages/about%20us.htm
| archivedate = April 27, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060426235236/http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/ |archivedate = 2006-04-26}}</ref>


In July 1973, Columbus Hospital and Italian Hospital merged. The combined organization took the name Cabrini Health Care Center, after [[Mother Cabrini]], and became a 490-bed facility<ref name="italhospsoc"/> located at 227 East 19th Street, between Second and Third Avenues near [[Gramercy Park]].<ref name=closing/> By 1976, it was using the name Cabrini Medical Center.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archives.med.nyu.edu/islandora/object/nyumed%3A16212/datastream/OBJ/download/HJD__Hospital_for_Joint_Diseases_Annual_Report__1975.pdf |title=69th Annual Report – for the Year 1975 |publisher=Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center |date=May 1976 |page=29 |quote=Lectures... Cabrini Medical Center, New York City}}</ref> In the 1980s, it was one of the earliest hospitals to develop expertise for the [[AIDS]] epidemic that became a leading cause of death in its neighborhood.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDAnrFozKAoC&pg=PA101 |title=Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives |first=Jeffrey |last=Frerichs |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |date=November 9, 1993 |pages=101–103|isbn=9780160440991 }}</ref>
In July 1973 Columbus Hospital and Italian Hospital merged.<ref name="italhospsoc"/> The combined organization took the name Cabrini Medical Center, after [[Mother Cabrini]], and was located at East 19th Street between Second and Third Avenues near [[Gramercy Park]].<ref name="HeritageTrail"/>


== Financial difficulties and discontinuation of services ==
== Financial difficulties and closure ==
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[[File:Cabrini Medical Center.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The main entrance in April 2010, two years after the hospital closed.]]
The hospital was closed on March 16, 2008 due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/03/15/2008-03-15_cabrini_medical_center_closing_doors.html|title=Cabrini Medical Center closing doors|last=Schapiro|first=Rich|date=2008-03-15|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> As of April 2008 the Cabrini Medical Center web site reported "As of March 14, 2008, many of the services at Cabrini Medical Center are no longer available. ... The Emergency Department, acute inpatient units and most outpatient services are closed."


The Cabrini Medical Center website reported: "As of March 14, 2008, many of the services at Cabrini Medical Center are no longer available. ... The Emergency Department, acute inpatient units and most outpatient services are closed."<ref>{{cite web |title=Cabrini Medical Center |url=http://www.cabrininy.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405113610/http://www.cabrininy.org/ |archivedate=April 5, 2008 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> The center closed permanently on March 16, 2008, due to financial difficulties that resulted in patients and staff seeking other health care and employment.<ref name=closing>{{cite news |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20080314/FREE/205936952/cabrini-medical-center-preparing-to-close|title=Cabrini Medical Center preparing to close |first=Gail |last=Scott |newspaper=Crain's New York Business |date=March 14, 2008 |accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cabrini-medical-center-closing-doors-article-1.288056 |title=Cabrini Medical Center closing doors |last=Schapiro |first=Rich |date=March 15, 2008 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}</ref>
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On July 10, 2009, Cabrini Medical Center filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy citing net assets of $46 million and liabilities of $167 million. Their top five secured creditors were the mortgage holder [[Sun Life Financial|Sun Life Assurance Company]] of Canada ($35.1 million); [[Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart]] in Chicago ($33 million); the New York branch of the Missionary Sisters ($18.7 million); 1199 [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU) National Benefits Fund ($5.1 million); and an affiliate of [[Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center]]s (SVCMC), which had loaned Cabrini $4 million. The largest unsecured creditors were [[Consolidated Edison]] ($4.2 million); St. Vincent’s ($3.2 million); [[Dormitory Authority of the State of New York]] (DASNY) ($2.6 million). It owed a $828,000 health facility assessment tax to New York State, $418,000 in fees to the [[New York State Department of Health]], $412,000 in dues to The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS),<ref>[http://www.hanys.org/ Healthcare Association of New York State]</ref> and $308,000 to [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]].<ref>"Absent a deal, Cabrini files for bankruptcy", ''Crains New York'', July 10, 2009. "Cabrini Medical Center filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, citing net assets of $46 million and liabilities of $167 million."</ref>


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On July 10, 2009, Cabrini Medical Center filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]], citing assets of $46 million and liabilities of $167 million. The top-five secured creditors were the mortgage holder [[Sun Life Financial|Sun Life Assurance Company]] of Canada ($35.1 million), [[Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]] in Chicago ($33 million), the New York branch of the Missionary Sisters ($18.7 million), [[Service Employees International Union]] National Benefits Fund ($5.1 million), and an affiliate of [[Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center]] ($4 million). The largest unsecured creditors were [[Consolidated Edison]] ($4.2 million), St. Vincent's ($3.2 million), and the [[Dormitory Authority of the State of New York]] ($2.6 million). Cabrini owed a $828,000 health facility assessment tax to New York State, $418,000 in fees to the [[New York State Department of Health]], $412,000 in dues to the Healthcare Association of New York State, and $308,000 to [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]].<ref name=bankrupt>{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Benson |title=Absent a deal, Cabrini files for bankruptcy |newspaper=[[Crain's New York Business]] |date=July 10, 2009}}</ref>
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Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-01-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528073121/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |archivedate=2014-05-28 |df= }}</ref> Closed Residency program records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-09-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235253/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |archivedate=2013-12-02 |df= }}</ref>


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Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |title=Federation Credentials Verification Service |publisher=Federation of State Medical Boards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528073121/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |archivedate=May 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |title=Closed Residency Programs |publisher=Federation of State Medical Boards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235253/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |archivedate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:Cabrini Medical Center.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The main entrance in April 2010, two years after the hospital closed.]]


==Deaths==
==Current usage==
Following the closure, the property was sold to developers and transformed into a luxury condo complex known as Gramercy Square which re-used some of the buildings while razing others and building new. The former emergency room is now a garden.<ref name="hughes">{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=2016-01-22 |title=From Hospital to Condo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/realestate/from-hospital-to-condo.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Condo sales began in 2016 after several years of development.<ref>{{Cite news |last=newyorkyimby |date=2015-03-16 |title=Revealed: Cabrini Medical Center Conversion, aka Gramercy Square |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2015/03/revealed-cabrini-medical-center-conversion-aka-gramercy-square.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Warerkar">{{Cite news |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=2016-09-15 |title=Gramercy hospital-turned-luxury condo launches sales from $1.2M |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/9/15/12930462/gramercy-square-cabrini-medical-condo-chetrit |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Giuseppe De Luca]] (1876–1950).<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Giuseppe De Luca, Noted Singer, Dies. Baritone, Star at Metropolitan Two Decades, Mastered 100 Roles in Half-Century Career |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/08/28/archives/giuseppe-de-luca-noted-singer-dies-baritone-star-at-metropolitan.html |quote=Giuseppe De Luca, one of the greatest exponents of bel canto, the art of technically perfect and beautiful singing, and distinguished former member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, died Saturday night in Columbus Hospital at the age of 74 [sic]. He resided at the [[Buckingham Hotel]]. ... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 28, 1950 |accessdate=2015-01-27 }}</ref>

The development of the former Cabrini site has led to members of the City Council and NYS Assembly exploring limitations on what can be done with [[Mount Sinai Beth Israel]] upon its closure and sale.<ref name="Brenzel">{{Cite news |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=2023-07-26 |title=Mount Sinai Beth Israel Selling Four Buildings in Manhattan |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/07/26/officials-demand-affordable-housing-at-beth-israel-buildings/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite thesis |degree=M.A. |title=Corrigan, Cabrini and Columbus: The Foundation of Cabrini Medical Center, New York City |first=John P. |last=DeLora |publisher=[[St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie]] |date=1994}}

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Cabrini Medical Center
Cabrini Medical Center is located in New York City
Cabrini Medical Center
Shown in New York City
Geography
Location227 East 19th Street, New York, United States
Coordinates40°44′11″N 73°59′02″W / 40.7363°N 73.9838°W / 40.7363; -73.9838
Services
Beds490 (in 1973)
History
Opened1973
Closed2008
Links
Websitehttp://www.cabrininy.org (archived)
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in Manhattan

Cabrini Medical Center of New York City was created in 1973 by a merger of two Manhattan hospitals. It closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties cited by the Berger Commission,[1] followed by a bankruptcy filing.[2]

In January 2010, the five buildings formerly housing the medical center were purchased by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for $83.1 million,[3] with plans to open an outpatient cancer facility;[4] but in 2013 the buildings were sold to a developer to be converted into residences.[5]

Columbus Hospital

[edit]

Columbus Hospital was founded in 1892 (the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage), incorporated in 1895, and formally opened on March 18, 1896, by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to address the needs of Italian immigrants. The founding group included the now-canonized Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, and among the first physicians of the hospital was George Frederick Shrady Sr.[6][7][8]

The hospital was originally located in a former residence at 41 East 12th Street. In 1895 it moved to 226–228 East 20th Street, which had an approximate capacity of 100 beds.[6] In 1913 it expanded again, acquiring "annex" facilities vacated by the New York Polyclinic Hospital at 214–218 East 34th Street.[9]

Italian Hospital and merger

[edit]

Italian Hospital was founded in 1937 by the Italian Hospital Society, with the assets and the West 110th Street location of the defunct Parkway Hospital.[10]

In July 1973, Columbus Hospital and Italian Hospital merged. The combined organization took the name Cabrini Health Care Center, after Mother Cabrini, and became a 490-bed facility[10] located at 227 East 19th Street, between Second and Third Avenues near Gramercy Park.[7] By 1976, it was using the name Cabrini Medical Center.[11] In the 1980s, it was one of the earliest hospitals to develop expertise for the AIDS epidemic that became a leading cause of death in its neighborhood.[12]

Financial difficulties and closure

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The main entrance in April 2010, two years after the hospital closed.

The Cabrini Medical Center website reported: "As of March 14, 2008, many of the services at Cabrini Medical Center are no longer available. ... The Emergency Department, acute inpatient units and most outpatient services are closed."[13] The center closed permanently on March 16, 2008, due to financial difficulties that resulted in patients and staff seeking other health care and employment.[7][14]

On July 10, 2009, Cabrini Medical Center filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing assets of $46 million and liabilities of $167 million. The top-five secured creditors were the mortgage holder Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ($35.1 million), Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chicago ($33 million), the New York branch of the Missionary Sisters ($18.7 million), Service Employees International Union National Benefits Fund ($5.1 million), and an affiliate of Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center ($4 million). The largest unsecured creditors were Consolidated Edison ($4.2 million), St. Vincent's ($3.2 million), and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ($2.6 million). Cabrini owed a $828,000 health facility assessment tax to New York State, $418,000 in fees to the New York State Department of Health, $412,000 in dues to the Healthcare Association of New York State, and $308,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital.[2]

Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service.[15][16]

Current usage

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Following the closure, the property was sold to developers and transformed into a luxury condo complex known as Gramercy Square which re-used some of the buildings while razing others and building new. The former emergency room is now a garden.[17] Condo sales began in 2016 after several years of development.[18][19]

The development of the former Cabrini site has led to members of the City Council and NYS Assembly exploring limitations on what can be done with Mount Sinai Beth Israel upon its closure and sale.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Ouellette, Alicia; Pratt, David (December 19, 2006). "The Berger Commission Proposes Big Changes for New York Hospitals". The Hastings Center. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Benson, Barbara (July 10, 2009). "Absent a deal, Cabrini files for bankruptcy". Crain's New York Business.
  3. ^ Rubinstein, Dana (January 29, 2010). "Sloan-Kettering Drops $83.1 M. on Old Cabrini Buildings; Stalking Horse Demchick's $3 M. Payday". The New York Observer. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  4. ^ Park, Andrew (February 18, 2010). "Cabrini to become cancer outpatient facility". Town & Village. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011.
  5. ^ Dailey, Jessica (July 26, 2013). "Cabrini Medical Center Headed for Residential Conversion". CurbedNY. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Walsh, James Joseph (1919). History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3. National Americana Society. pp. 786–787.
  7. ^ a b c Scott, Gail (March 14, 2008). "Cabrini Medical Center preparing to close". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Shrady, George Frederick (March 28, 1896). "Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York". Medical Record. 49 (13): 451. ISSN 0363-0803. News of the Week. Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York. -The Columbus Hospital on East Twentieth Street was formally opened March 18th. A large number of visitors was present. The reception lasted from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M., and the guests were received by the Salesian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Preceding the inspecting of the institution by the visitors, the hospital was blessed by Archbishop Corrigan, who also made a short address. The medical staff consists of Drs. Stephen Smith, George F. Shrady, John Boucher, Charles Lewis, Bache Emmet, Peter Callan, Frank Ferguson, Cornelius Cokeley, Ramon Guitéras, and Joseph Winters
  9. ^ "Columbus Hospital; Seeks to Increase Accommodations for Italian Poor". The New York Times. April 6, 1913.
  10. ^ a b "About Us". Italian Hospital Society. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006.
  11. ^ 69th Annual Report – for the Year 1975 (PDF). Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center. May 1976. p. 29. Lectures... Cabrini Medical Center, New York City
  12. ^ Frerichs, Jeffrey (November 9, 1993). Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 101–103. ISBN 9780160440991.
  13. ^ "Cabrini Medical Center". Archived from the original on April 5, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ Schapiro, Rich (March 15, 2008). "Cabrini Medical Center closing doors". Daily News. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Federation Credentials Verification Service". Federation of State Medical Boards. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014.
  16. ^ "Closed Residency Programs". Federation of State Medical Boards. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013.
  17. ^ Hughes, C. J. (January 22, 2016). "From Hospital to Condo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  18. ^ newyorkyimby (March 16, 2015). "Revealed: Cabrini Medical Center Conversion, aka Gramercy Square". Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  19. ^ Warerkar, Tanay (September 15, 2016). "Gramercy hospital-turned-luxury condo launches sales from $1.2M". Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  20. ^ Brenzel, Kathryn (July 26, 2023). "Mount Sinai Beth Israel Selling Four Buildings in Manhattan". Retrieved July 4, 2024.

Further reading

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  • DeLora, John P. (1994). Corrigan, Cabrini and Columbus: The Foundation of Cabrini Medical Center, New York City (M.A. thesis). St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie.
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