BronxCare Hospital System

BronxCare Health System
BronxCare Health System
Geography
Location	1650 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates	40.8435°N 73.9108°W / 40.8435; -73.9108
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Services
Standards	Joint Commission[1]
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	859[2]
Public transit access	New York City Subway: at Mount Eden Avenue ​ at 174th-175th street New York City Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx32, BxM4
History
Former name(s)	Lebanon Hospital (1890) Bronx Hospital (1911) Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (merger, 1962)
Links
Website	www.bronxcare.org
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in The Bronx

The BronxCare Health System, previously known as "Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center," is a hospital in the Bronx, New York City. It was founded as the Lebanon Hospital by Jonas Weil in 1890. In 1962, Lebanon Hospital merged with Bronx Hospital, and since 2016, the combined center has served as a teaching hospital for Mount Sinai School of Medicine.^[3]

History

Lebanon Hospital, 1893

Lebanon Hospital

"Lebanon Hospital" redirects here. For hospitals in Lebanon, see List of hospitals in Lebanon.

The current hospital center owes its origins to the immigration of European Jews in the late 19th century that caused an even greater strain on the area's hospitals. Jonas Weil, after a poor experience in trying to obtain treatment for a friend decided to look for a solution to this problem. The first step in this process was the creation of the Lebanon Hospital Association via his own donation of $10,175.^[3] Further monies followed from others, and the Lebanon Hospital was chartered in 1890 and opened in 1893 at the corner of Westchester Avenue and 151st Street.^[4] A nursing school was added in 1894, and several expansions followed that coincided with continued population growth in the region.

Finally, Lebanon Hospital moved to a newer building on Grand Concourse at Mount Eden Parkway in 1946.^[3][4] During World War II, it had served as "the Army's Bronx Area Station Hospital."^[5]

Bronx Hospital

The Bronx Hospital, meanwhile, was founded in 1911 to meet the healthcare needs of the growing South Bronx community and was caring for more than 30,000 patients per year within its first seven years of operation. The operational team of the new hospital purchased the Eichler estate on Fulton Avenue and turned the home into a 110-bed hospital. Within an additional seven years, the local population grew further, necessitating a 310-bed hospital.^[3]

1950s and 1962 merger

By the time the 1950s had drawn to a close, the two hospital boards shared staff and resources in order to serve the needs of the Bronx's still-growing population, and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center was created in 1962.^[4] The current center consists of two major facilities: one at the Lebanon Hospital Grand Concourse site, a 17-story tower that provides medical, specialty, outpatient and emergency services; and one on Bronx Hospital's Fulton site, now a psychiatric and substance abuse program and a 240-bed skilled nursing facility.^[3] The hospital's promise is that it does not turn anyone away,^[6] although it has come under scrutiny due to its billing practices that left some patients facing large bills.^{[citation needed]}

BronxCare

On December 6, 2017, the organization's name was changed from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center to BronxCare Health System.^[7][8] In addition to the hospital on the Grand Concourse^[9] and the building that houses the psychiatric and substance abuse program and the skilled nursing facility, BronxCare has more than 30 ambulatory medical practices throughout the community.^[10]

2017 attack

Main article: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack

At approximately 3 p.m. on June 30, 2017, gunman Dr. Henry William Bello,^[11] a doctor who left Bronx-Lebanon after sexual harassment complaints, entered the building with an AR-15 rifle concealed under a lab coat. He attempted to locate a female target, then shot other medical staff, killing one doctor and wounding six other people.^[12][13] Approximately one hour later police found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.^[14]

References

1. "Quality Report | QualityCheck.org". www.qualitycheck.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. "NYS Health Profile: BronxCare Hospital Center". profiles.health.ny.gov. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
3. "A brief history of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital". Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
4. Jackson, Ken (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-3001-8257-6.
5. "Soldier Aid Stressed – Mayor Urges Volunteers to Help Wounded After War". The New York Times. June 8, 1944.
6. "The Best Doctors in New York". New York Magazine. 1996-05-20. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
7. "Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Consolidation of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center" (PDF). New York State Department of Health. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
8. Neil Vigdor; Mariel Padilla (March 31, 2020). "Fire at Bronx Apartment Building Kills 4". The New York Times.
9. Nikita Stewart; Vivian Wang (July 4, 2017). "Bronx-Lebanon, Site of Shooting, Is More Than a Hospital to Neighbors". The New York Times.
10. "Department of Pediatrics". Archived from the original on 2013-04-03.
11. AfricaNews (1 July 2017). "New York Bronx-Lebanon Hospital shooter identified as Nigerian". Africanews.
12. Parascandola, Rocco; Goldberg, Noah; Fanelli, James (June 30, 2017). "What we know about Bronx Lebanon Hospital shooter Henry Bello". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
13. Mark Abadi and Michelle Mark (June 30, 2017). "At least 3 doctors shot at New York City hospital, NYPD says one shooter is dead". Business Insider. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
14. "Doctor opens fire in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; gunman dead". www.fox5ny.com. June 30, 2017. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

External links

• Official website