Calvary Hospital (Bronx)

Calvary Hospital
Geography
Location 1740 Eastchester Road
The Bronx, New York 10461, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Hospice and palliative care, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York[1]
Services
Beds 225[1]
History
Founded 1899
Links
Website calvaryhospital.org
Lists Hospitals in the United States

Calvary Hospital is an American non-profit institution specializing in hospice and palliative care, headquartered in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. The hospital has a total of 225 beds.[1]

History

Calvary Hospital was founded in 1899 and is operated in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.[1] The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care.[1]

In addition to its main facility in the Morris Park, Bronx it has had a 25-bed facility within the Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2001.[2] It also has various outreach programs.

Calvary Hospital operates a third location, the Dawn Greene Hospice, a 10-bed facility located on the 15th Floor of Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Staff (undated). "About Us". Calvary Hospital. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ Staff (undated). "Brooklyn Campus". Calvary Hospital. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Mary Manning Walsh, Calvary Collaborate on Hospice Care Unit". Catholic New York.

External links

Coordinates: 40°50′52.75″N 73°50′37.87″W / 40.8479861°N 73.8438528°W / 40.8479861; -73.8438528


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