Richmond University Medical Center

Richmond University Medical Center is a hospital in West New Brighton, Staten Island in New York City. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Richmond University Medical Center |url=http://hospitals.nyhealth.gov/browse_view.php?id=232 |quote= |publisher=New York State Department of Health |date= |accessdate=2007-08-21 ]

History

Richmond University Medical Center was established on January 1, 2007. The hospital was previously called St. Vincent's Hospital. St. Vincent's was opened in 1903 under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of New York. In 1999 Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center took control of the facility. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= More $$ worry as St. Vincent's deal is sealed |url=http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1167310811142820.xml&coll=1 |quote=St. Vincent's Hospital, West Brighton, will be sold today to Bayonne Medical Center for $10 million, and the North Shore hospital will become Richmond University Medical Center on Monday, parties to the sale said yesterday. |publisher=Staten Island Advance |date=Thursday, December 28, 2006 |accessdate=2007-08-21 ]

What began as a hospital to treat tuberculosis patients has grown into a full hospital campus with a level 1 trauma center and a place renowned for its care of women and children, delivering over 3,000 babies each year. In March 2008, RUMC announced it would be closing several clinics due to a fiscal crisis. As RUMC struggles to chart its financial course in the face of $26 million in loans it must soon pay back in full, lawmakers are hoping the state Legislature will provide relief by passing a bill to free up a fund for non-profit agencies. [ [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/staten_island_hospital_confron.html Staten Island's RUMC confronts another fiscal dilemma - Staten Island Real-Time News - SILive.com ] ]

Campuses

*355 Bard Avenue Staten Island, NY 10310
*Bayley Seton Hospital,75 Vanderbilt Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10304

Number of beds

Number of beds the hospital is licensed to operate.
*Bed Type #
*Alcohol Detoxification 7
*Coronary Care 10
*Intensive Care 20
*Maternity 34
*Medical-Surgical 291
*Neonatal Continuing Care 6
*Neonatal Intensive Care 8
*Neonatal Intermediate Care 11
*Pediatric 23
*Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 3
*Psychiatric / Mental 35
*Total Beds = 448 [ [http://hospitals.nyhealth.gov/browse_view.php?id=232&p=beds&hpntoken=1&PHPSESSID=703c558b1d48cf5021b18fa499b26244 New York State Hospital Profile ] ]

Ownership

*Sisters of Charity of New York (1903-1999) [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= A Conversion At St. Vincents; In Catholic Merger, Serving the Poor Means Courting the Affluent. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E1D8113EF930A35753C1A96F958260 |quote=So last summer, the hospital, along with Sisters of Charity Healthcare, a hospital on Staten Island, agreed to merge with the Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens. Overnight, the region's largest Catholic health care system was born, with eight hospitals and scores of other services under its wing. |publisher=New York Times |date=October 3, 1999 |accessdate=2007-08-21 ]

*Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center (1999-2007) [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= More $$ worry as St. Vincent's deal is sealed |url=http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1167310811142820.xml&coll=1 |quote=St. Vincent's Hospital, West Brighton, will be sold today to Bayonne Medical Center for $10 million, and the North Shore hospital will become Richmond University Medical Center on Monday, parties to the sale said yesterday. |publisher=Staten Island Advance |date=Thursday, December 28, 2006 |accessdate=2007-08-21 ]

*Richmond University Medical Center (2007- )

References

External links

*Geolinks-US-streetscale|40.635662|-74.105986
* [http://www.rumcsi.org/rumcsiportal/ Official website]