Van Wyck Hospital
| Van Wyck Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Queens, New York, United States |
| Services | |
| Beds | 50 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Queens |
Van Wyck Hospital[1][2][3] was a private hospital[4] located on Van Wyck Boulevard in Queens, NY and was among those New York City hospitals which passed newly tightened regulations enacted in 1936 "governing the physical equipment and the clinical and nursing standards."
Van Wyck later changed its name and subsequently closed.
History
The hospital, equipped with "fifty beds for surgery and medicine,"[5] was subsequently known as Doctor's Hospital of Queens.[6] Doctor's was a partnership of two individuals "doing business as."[7]
Controversies
A doctor sentenced to jail for perjury[8] subsequently refused to reveal details of surgery he performed at Van Wyck Hospital on an 18-year-old girl whose weight had dropped from 110 to 67 pounds.[9][10]
Another case at this hospital involved "an illegal operation" performed at Van Wyck on a police officer's wife, "mother of a boy, 14 and a girl, 12."[3] The court continued despite a claim that the statute of limitations had expired and one of the doctors involved was dead.
References
- ^ "Police Lieutenant Dead Here at 56". The New York Times. November 12, 1938.
died in Van Wyck Hospital, Jamaica, Queens
- ^ "Capt Stein's Condition Grave". The New York Times. June 10, 1937.
at the Van Wyck Hospital
- ^ a b "Police Protect Doctor Who Told of Operation". Brooklyn Times-Union. August 1, 1936. p. 9.
chief surgeon of the Van Wyck Hospital, 104-26 Van Wyck blvd., Ozone Park
- ^ "13 Private Hospitals of Boro Conform to New City Rules; 12 Queens Institutions Also Meet Requirements and Get Official Approval". Brooklyn Eagle. September 30, 1936. p. 25.
- ^ "Dr. Warshaw, Doctors Hospital of Queens" (PDF).
- ^ "DAYIDWARSHAW, SURGEON, WAS 65; Director of Doctors Hospital in Queens DeaduWas on Pershing's Staff in France". Brooklyn Eagle. May 28, 1960. p. 25.
- ^ "Pitti v. Warshaw, 35 Misc. 2d 875". June 1962.
Defendants Warshaw and Wein, sued individually and as copartners formerly doing business as Doctors Hospital of Queens, defendant White and defendant Murphy
- ^ "Dr. Lester Samuels of Queens to Serve Term for Perjury". Brooklyn Eagle. January 17, 1939. p. 25.
- ^ "New York Surgeon Operates on Girl, 18. 42-Day Victim". The Bradford Era. October 9, 1941.
- ^ "Lester Samuels". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 14, 1941. p. 75.