Since its founding in 1875, Metropolitan Hospital Center has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest American partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Because attending physicians teach and lead research, they keep up-to-date on scientific developments important to their patients. Close physician supervision helps ensure that patients receive the best, most effective care possible.
Today, Metropolitan Hospital is a full-service, acute care hospital emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. In March 2006, Metropolitan Hospital Center was the first hospital in East Harlem to be designated by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) as an official Stroke Center. Community residents can now be assured that stroke victims can receive the timely diagnosis and treatment they need to prevent possible disability or death.
Metropolitan prides itself on delivering culturally-sensitive medical care to the diverse neighborhoods of northern Manhattan. From New Yorkers in neighborhoods suffering from asthma or diabetes to women seeking early detection and treatment for breast cancer, Metropolitan provides compassionate, appropriate and affordable care.
Many areas within Metropolitan have been recently renovated. Delivering healthy babies in the beautifully remodeled maternity floor is just one of the advantages patients enjoy in Metropolitan’s Women’s Health Services. Women’s Health also includes an endocrinology infertility clinic and a neonatal intensive care unit.
Metropolitan Hospital Center, along with other HHC hospitals, received high quality ratings from the NYSDOH comparing key quality measures and treatments for specific conditions in hospitals statewide. The hospital scored 97 percent for appropriate care in heart failure cases, 96 percent for heart attack care and 94 percent for surgical infection prevention, an HHC corporate initiative.
Learn about some of Metropolitan Hospital Center’s specialty services: Asthma Services; Women’s Health Services; Youth Health Services; AIDS Center; Level III Perinatal Center; SAFE (SART) Center; Stroke Center.
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