Gouverneur Health Facts for Kids

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Geography
Location	227 Madison Street, Manhattan, New York City,, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°42′47″N 73°59′17″W / 40.713°N 73.988°W / 40.713; -73.988
Organization
Care system	Medicare, Medicaid, public
Affiliated university	New York University
Network	New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Services
Beds	295
History
Founded	1885

Gouverneur Health (pronounced GU-ver-neer) is a healthcare center in New York City. It used to be called Gouverneur Hospital. This center is owned by the city and works with the New York University School of Medicine.

You can find Gouverneur Health at 227 Madison Street in Lower Manhattan. It offers many health services. These include regular doctor visits, special medical care, and nursing home care. It mainly helps people living in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

Gouverneur Health has a nursing home called The Residence at Gouverneur Court. It has 295 beds. It also has the Center for Community Health and Wellness. This is the biggest stand-alone outpatient center in New York State. The center first opened in 1885. It moved to its current spot in 1972. A big update project finished in 2014, making the center much larger. Gouverneur Health is part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. Its official name is NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur.

Health Services and Facilities
Types of Care Offered
History of Gouverneur Health
- Early Years (1885–1958)
- New Location and Modern Updates (1959–Present)
Important Dates
Photo gallery
See also

Health Services and Facilities

Gouverneur Health is approved by Medicare and Medicaid. These are government health programs. It has a nursing home with 295 beds that offers care 24 hours a day. It is one of the largest health centers in Lower Manhattan. It is also the biggest stand-alone center for outpatient care in New York State.

About 50,000 patients visit Gouverneur Health each year. Most of these patients are Hispanic and Chinese New Yorkers. The center also has interpreters to help people who do not speak English.

A big update project finished in 2014. This project added a new, modern health center that is 450,000 square feet. It also added 85 new beds to the nursing home, bringing the total to 295. The nursing home, The Residence at Gouverneur Court, offers many services. These include rehab, long-term care, wound care, and hospice care. It works with the NYU Rusk Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine.

The Center for Community Health and Wellness also got updates. This center has over 345,000 outpatient visits every year. It now has a new 30,000-square-foot Women and Children's Center. There is also a new digital X-ray center, a pharmacy, and lab services. Special services include care before birth, rehab, and a new dental area with 16 chairs. The building looks modern with glass and steel, wrapped around red brick. It has lots of natural light.

Since the mid-1970s, Gouverneur has worked with the New York University Medical School. Since 1991, it has been a teaching center for NYU's Primary Care Internal Medicine program. Gouverneur also has three community health centers in Manhattan. It uses mobile medical and dental vans. These vans bring health help directly to people who find it hard to get to the center.

Types of Care Offered

The main lobby at Gouverneur Health

Dental care at Gouverneur Health

Specialty	What it does
Behavioral health	Helps with mental health through talks and support.
Cardiology	Cares for the heart, including tests like stress testing.
Dental care	Includes general teeth cleaning, braces, and oral surgery.
Dermatology	Cares for skin problems.
Ear, nose and throat	Treats issues with ears, nose, and throat.
Endocrinology	Helps with hormone problems and glands.
Eye care	Checks eyes and provides glasses or eye surgery.
Gastroenterology	Cares for the stomach and digestive system.
HIV care	Special care for people with HIV at the Leicht Clinic.
Laboratory	Does medical tests on blood and other samples.
Nursing facility	Offers 24-hour care for short or long stays, including hospice.
Occupational therapy	Helps people do daily activities after injury or illness.
Pediatrics and adolescent medicine	Cares for babies, children, and teenagers.
Pharmacy	Gives out medicines.
Physical therapy	Helps people move better and reduce pain.
Podiatry	Cares for feet and ankles.
Prenatal care	Medical care for pregnant women.
Primary medicine	General doctor visits for adults 18 and older.
Radiology and imaging	Uses X-rays and scans to see inside the body.
Rheumatology	Treats problems with joints, muscles, and bones.
Short-term rehabilitation	Helps people recover quickly after an injury or surgery.
Surgery	Performs operations.
Vascular clinic	Checks blood vessels for problems.
Women's health	Includes care for pregnancy, female health, and before birth.
Women, Infants and Children program	Provides food and health help for pregnant women and young children.
World Trade Center Environmental Health Center	Treats health issues related to the 9/11 events.

History of Gouverneur Health

Early Years (1885–1958)

Old building, Gouverner Slip & Front St

Gouverneur Hospital first opened in 1885. It was in a three-story building in Manhattan's Financial District. It was the 19th public hospital in New York City. It served people in the Lower East Side, a neighborhood with many new immigrants from Europe.

Gouverneur was the first public hospital in the United States to open a clinic for tuberculosis. It was also the first to hire a female ambulance surgeon, Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer. When the hospital opened, it only treated accident cases. Patients who needed to stay overnight were sent to Bellevue Hospital. But this changed quickly. Within two years, the hospital had 40 beds in use.

Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer as a resident at Gouverneur, around 1900.

In 1897, construction began on a new, larger hospital nearby. This new building cost $200,000 and had four floors with 104 beds. Gouverneur Hospital moved to this new building at 621 Water Street in 1901. This old building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1994, it became an assisted living home called Gouverneur Court.

The health plan HIP started at Gouverneur Hospital. In 1940, Dr. George A. Baehr from Gouverneur created a health plan for low-income patients. This plan later grew into HIP.

New Location and Modern Updates (1959–Present)

In 1959, Gouverneur Hospital lost its approval to operate. It closed about ten years later. A new Gouverneur Hospital then opened at 227 Madison Street on September 21, 1972. This new building was 14 stories high and had 216 beds. It included an emergency room and clinics for outpatient visits. It served the areas of Little Italy, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side.

At first, medical services at Gouverneur were provided by Beth Israel Hospital. This was done through the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). The HHC took over the city's hospital system in 1970. Gouverneur was the first new hospital opened by the HHC.

Starting in 2008, a big update project began at 227 Madison Street. It cost $180 million and lasted four years. New and updated buildings were added. This expanded the center's primary and preventive healthcare services by 15%. The project finished in 2014. The building became thirteen stories high. A new eight-story tower was built to be the nursing home.

Important Dates

Year	Event
1885	Gouverneur Hospital first opens in Manhattan.
1901	Moves to a new building at 621 Water Street.
1972	Moves to a new building at 227 Madison Street.
1982	The old building is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
2008	Gouverneur Hospital changes its name to Gouverneur Health.
2013	Gouverneur Health gets the highest possible quality award, "Level 3" Patient-Centered Medical Home.
2014	The big update project at 227 Madison Street is finished.