Misericordia Hospital

Not to be confused with Misericordia Health Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Misericordia Community Hospital in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Misericordia Hospital (Grosseto) in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.

Montefiore Wakefield Hospital
Montefiore Health System
Map
Geography
LocationWakefield, The Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates40°53′38″N 73°51′40″W / 40.89400710435465°N 73.86099485269823°W / 40.89400710435465; -73.86099485269823
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeTeaching
Religious affiliation(Originally) Roman Catholicism
Affiliated university
History
Former name(s)
  • Misericordia Hospital (1887))
  • Our Lady of Mercy Hospital (1985)
  • Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center (1985)
  • Montefiore Medical Center North Division (2008)
Opened
Links
Websitewww.montefiore.org/wakefield
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in The Bronx

Misericordia Hospital is a 3-block medical center in the Bronx, New York City.[1] that opened in 1887[1] in Staten Island,[2] moved to Manhattan in 1889, and moved to The Bronx in 1958.[3] The hospital was renamed Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in 1985, acquired by Montefiore Medical Center in 2008 and renamed as their North Division, then renamed the Wakefield Division of Montefiore. Misericordia is a not-for-profit[4] voluntary[5] teaching hospital.[6]

History

There are other hospitals that use the Misericordia name.[7][8] This one originated well over a century ago.[9] They share the word misericorde which the New York Times translates to English as mercy.[10][11]

Staten Island

"Six Roman Catholic Sisters of Misercorde with a capital of $1" opened Misericordia Hospital in 1887 in "a tumble-down old residence on Staten Island."[2]

Manhattan

Misericordia Hospital at 86th Street in Manhattan.

The hospital moved from Staten Island to Manhattan in 1889.[1] The facility's mailing address was 531 East 86th Street, New York City in the [Yorkville, Manhattan] neighborhood.

The Bronx

Misericordia Hospital,
in The Bronx

In 1955 the hospital announced that it had purchased land in the Bronx and was beginning construction of a modern 3-block medical center.[1] Their 531 East Eighty-sixth Street building in Manhattan was sold, via a real-estate agent, to "erect a tall apartment house on the site."[12]

The reported $9 million construction costs[3] were higher than the $7,250,000 that had been announced 3 years prior.[1]

Renamings

Beginning in 1985 the hospital underwent a series of name changes:

  • 1985: Our Lady of Mercy Hospital / Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center[13]
  • 2008: acquired by Montefiore Medical Center[14]
    • renamed as their North Division
    • then renamed the Wakefield Division of Montefiore.

Affiliation

Beginning in 1963,[15] Misericordia had "an affiliation agreement,[5] whereby it supplies medical personnel to Fordham."[16] In 1971 this led to Misericordia letting go "85 physicians and other personnel assigned to Fordham Hospital under an affiliation contract, because of what it described as a $1.4-million cutback by the city's Health and Hospitals corporation."[17] Another affiliation, this time with Lincoln Hospital, began in 1976.[18] That same year, New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation "questioned the large proportion of foreign-trained physicians on the Misericordia staff, in the belief that training in the United States was generally superior."[19] In 1979 these doctors unionized.[20]

Controversy

Since Lincoln Hospital's doctors were supplied by Misericordia, and the latter, for religious reasons, "have never performed abortions," this created a conflict with the mayor's "policy to provide abortion services for poor women in the communities where they live."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "New Misericordia Planned in Bronx; Hospital, Founded With $1 in 1887, Will Quit Yorkville for Site Near Woodlawn". The New York Times. January 28, 1955.
  2. ^ a b "Hospital to Mark 50th Anniversary; Misericordia, Founded by Six Nuns With $1 Capital, Now Leading Institution". The New York Times. April 11, 1937.
  3. ^ a b "24 Ambulances From Misericordia Take 34 Patients to New Hospital in the Bronx". The New York Times. October 10, 1958.
  4. ^ Martin Tolchin (October 15, 1966). "Inquiry Sought on Use of City Equipment at Private Hospital; Hospital Investigation Asked On Handling of City Equipment". The New York Times.
  5. ^ a b "Bronx Hospitals Plan Affiliation; Fordham-Misericordia Link Set, Wagner Announces To Remain Independent New Morrisania Planned". The New York Times. July 28, 1963.
  6. ^ a b Ronald Sullivan (July 11, 1978). "City's Health Chief to Order Abortions by Lincoln Hospital in Bronx". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Philadelphia Health Unit". The New York Times. August 17, 1982. Retrieved December 8, 2020. a new emergency room .. in West Philadelphia .. at Misericordia Hospital
  8. ^ Misericordia Health Centre in Winnipeg, Canada (1900); Misericordia Community Hospital in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Misericordia Hospital (Grosseto) in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy (1974)
  9. ^ 1887
  10. ^ Walter Kendrick (October 22, 1989). "Adrift in Ouagadougou". The New York Times. misericorde in French .. mercy .. in English
  11. ^ "IReland and its Condition--Its Wrongs and Rights". The New York Times. October 26, 1863. Retrieved December 8, 2020. suns merci ni misericorde: without mercy or limit
  12. ^ "Operator sells hospital site; Old Misericordia Building at East 86th St. Purchased by Builders -- Other Deals". The New York Times. November 1, 1958.
  13. ^ "Nurses at Bronx Hospital Vote to Join 1199 Union". The New York Times. March 23, 1999.
  14. ^ "Our Lady of Mercy Hospital joining Montefiore Medical Center". New York Daily News. July 22, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  15. ^ "Hospital Aid Voted; Beame Asks Board Where the Cash Is". The New York Times. July 24, 1964. at a cost to the city of $8,333,400.
  16. ^ "Why the Fight for 'Deplorable' Fordham Hospital". The New York Times. April 23, 1976.
  17. ^ Murray Illson (December 29, 1971). "Misericordia to Dismiss 85 at Fordham Hospital". The New York Times.
  18. ^ David Bird (October 21, 1976). "Shared Affiliation Contract Voted For Lincoln by Hospitals Board". The New York Times.
  19. ^ Judith Cummings (October 10, 1976). "Albany Agency Criticized on Bronx Hospital Staffing". The New York Times.
  20. ^ "The City: Physicians Unionize At Lincoln Hospital". The New York Times. March 16, 1979.