St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore

St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore[1][2][3] opened as St. Joseph's Hospital[4][5] on June 25, 1905,[6][7] became the South Shore Division of Long Island Jewish Hospital in January 1973, and was renamed St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore on July 1, 1976.

History

During the 3 1/2 years that Long Island Jewish operated South Shore, Peninsula Hospital attempted to take over this Far Rockaway hospital.[8]

Regarding the need for a replacement for the century-old hospital[5] The New York Times wrote in 1976 that a clash between "officials said they could not continue to operate in the old structure" and voters who "feared a new hospital would bring too many people and cars into their community" resulted in a takeover by another group.[1][5] A proposed closing was avoided via a takeover by a related hospital group. A bankruptcy filed in 1999 by that group resulted in selling one of the group's hospitals.[9]

In 1987 the 300-bed hospital installed a dairy kosher kitchen.[10]

Peninsula Hospital, which in 2006 a state agency wanted St. Johns to absorb,[11] closed in 2012. This closing left St. John's, whose emergency room "was last renovated in the 1960s"[12] as the only hospital in Far Rockaway.

References
  1. "Rockaway Hospital To Be Taken Over By Episcopal Group". The New York Times. June 15, 1976.
  2. "Queens: Teenager Fatally Shot". The New York Times. September 26, 2006.
  3. "Dr. Bernard B. Siegel, Specialist on Allergies". The New York Times. October 12, 1982.
  4. "Spring Ball to Help St. Joseph's Hospital". The New York Times. March 11, 1966.
  5. Vecsey, George (June 14, 1975). "Lawrence, L.I., Bitterly Divided Over Plans For Hospital". New York Times. p. 29. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  6. "Far Rockaway's New Hospital Opens". New York Times. June 26, 1905. p. 9. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  7. "Far Rockaway's New Hospital Opened". The New York Times. June 26, 1905.
  8. Lawrence C. Levy (September 7, 1975). "Teaching Hospital Planned In Queens". The New York Times.
  9. John Rather (November 21, 1999). "Episcopal Health Files for Reorganization". The New York Times.
  10. Diane Ketcham (August 23, 1987). "Strictly kosher". The New York Times.
  11. Michael Cooper; Sewell Chan (November 28, 2006). "Panel Said to Call for Closing 9 New York Hospitals". The New York Times.
  12. Sarah Maslin Nir (May 20, 2012). "Down to One Hospital, Rockaway Braces for Summer Crowds". The New York Times.

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