Metropolitan Hospital
Cause Area
- Education & Literacy
- Health & Medicine
Location
1901 1st AveNew york, NY 10029 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
To extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity and respect;
To promote and protect, as both innovator and advocate, the health, welfare and safety of the people of the City of New York;
To join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership which will enable each of our institutions to promote and protect health in its fullest sense -- the total physical, mental and social well-being of the people.
Description
The Metropolitan Hospital is a multi-service hospital, which provides care for the underserved of New York's East Harlem. The Metropolitan provides ethnically sensitive care in a multi lingual environment. In addition to being a full service hospital, the Metropolitan Hospital also serves as the primary care provider for the community. This care ranges from the elderly to a complete pediatric care unit.