Calvary Hospital (Bronx)

Calvary Hospital is an American non-profit institution specializing in hospice and palliative care, headquartered in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. The hospital has a total of 225 beds.[2]

Calvary Hospital
Geography
Location1740 Eastchester Road
Morris Park 10461, The Bronx, New York, United States
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeHospice and palliative care, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York[1]
Services
Beds225[1]
History
Opened1899
Links
Websitewww.calvaryhospital.org
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksHospitals in The Bronx

History

Calvary Hospital was founded in 1899 and is operated in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care.[3]

In addition to its main facility in the Morris Park, Bronx it has had a 25-bed facility within the Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2001. It also has various outreach programs.[3]

Calvary Hospital operates a third location, the Dawn Greene Hospice, a 10-bed facility located on the 15th Floor of Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[4]

See also

References
  1. Staff (undated). "About Us". Calvary Hospital. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  2. Helhoski, Anna (December 8, 2010). "Greenwich Hospital Wins 5th Summit Award". Greenwich Daily Voice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. Goodstein, Steven (August 7, 2015). "Calvary Hospital Celebrates a Century in the Bronx". Bronx Times-Reporter. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  4. "Mary Manning Walsh, Calvary Collaborate on Hospice Care Unit". Catholic New York.


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