Jersey City Medical Center
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The Jersey City Medical Center is a hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.
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The hospital began as the "Charity Hospital" but the Board of Aldermen of Jersey City bought land at Baldwin Avenue and Montgomery Street in 1882 for a new hospital. The locale was chosen to remove the hospital from the industrial development at Paulus Hook. This building is now the Medical Center building. It was renamed the Jersey City Hospital in 1885 and had expanded to 200 beds. In 1909, the original hospital building was reserved for men and a second wing was added for women. When Frank Hague became mayor of Jersey City in 1917, he planned to expand the hospital. He had the original building renovated and constructed a new 23-story structure for surgery. The new facility opened in 1931, and George O'Hanlon was the first director. With money from the Works Progress Administration new buildings were added during The Depression. The formal dedication of the Medical Center Complex was on October 2, 1936, with Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicating the building. In 1988, the Medical Center declared bankruptcy and became a private, non-profit organization. In 1994, the State of New Jersey designated the Medical Center as a regional trauma center, and in the late 1990s it was approved as a core teaching affiliate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The hospital also has a teaching affiliation with the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. The facility is currently operated by Liberty Health.
In 2004, JCMC moved to new quarters at Grand Street and Jersey Avenue. A development company planned to convert some of the old buildings to residential condominiums.
As of July 1, 2007, the Department of Pediatrics at the Jersey City Medical Center - also known as Children's Hospital of Hudson County - will no longer be operating a residency training program. Dr. Bonforte, the Chairman of Pediatrics as well as the Vice President of Jersey City Medical Center (also known as Wilzig Hospital), was relieved of his duties in June of 2006. At the same time, Dr. Metch, the president of Liberty Health Systems - which runs Wilzig Hospital - was also relieved of his duties. The details behind these changes are still not known. The question remains whether Jersey City Medical Center will even have a functional pediatric unit.
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Tallest Building in Jersey City The Orpheum 1931—1936 90m |
Succeeded by Jersey City Medical Center |
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Tallest Building in Jersey City B.S. Pollack Hospital 1936—1989 98m |
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