A large government-subsidized walk-in clinic will immediately move into the North General hospital building to provide care for Harlem residents, according to the report. The city will also move a nursing home and a 200-bed long-term rehabilitation clinic to the North General site.
North General’s closing comes just two months after the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village. According to the report, North General was about $200 million in debt and had been frequently since its inception in 1979. Governor David A. Paterson and the hospital said in a joint statement that the hospital planned to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Read the New York Times report on the closing of North General Hospital.
Read Becker’s Hospital Review coverage on St. Vincent’s Hospital.
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