Peninsula Hospital Center
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Peninsula Hospital Center (PHC), formerly known as Peninsula General Hospital, is a community hospital
in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York
. PHC, founded in 1908, is currently an affiliate of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
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PHC runs a 173-bed acute care community teaching hospital campus, and a 200-bed long-term care and rehabilitation center (Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation) serving the communities of the Rockaways, the Five Towns of Nassau County
and parts of Queens and Brooklyn.
In 2011 the government of New York has decided to either shutdown the hospital to save money and yet there have been protests to prevent such type of action like this.
Family Health Center: This facility offers comprehensive outpatient care for all ages.
Community hospital
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in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
. PHC, founded in 1908, is currently an affiliate of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Medical Center shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater New York metropolitan area. The campus is east of Manhattan, on the border of Queens...
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PHC runs a 173-bed acute care community teaching hospital campus, and a 200-bed long-term care and rehabilitation center (Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation) serving the communities of the Rockaways, the Five Towns of Nassau County
Nassau County
Nassau County is the name of two counties in the United States:*Nassau County, New York*Nassau County, Florida...
and parts of Queens and Brooklyn.
In 2011 the government of New York has decided to either shutdown the hospital to save money and yet there have been protests to prevent such type of action like this.
Services
PHC offers the following medical services:- Ambulatory Surgery
- Cardiology
- Dentistry
- Diabetes Care
- Endoscopy
- Family Medicine
- Nuclear Medicine
- Respiratory Care
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Podiatry
- Surgery
- Traumatic Brain Injury Care
Auxiliary Services
Nursing Home: Attached to the hospital is a 200-bed facility known as the Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (PCECR).Family Health Center: This facility offers comprehensive outpatient care for all ages.