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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