Elmhurst Hospital Center, affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, serves an area of nearly one million people in the most ethnically-diverse community in New York City. Elmhurst’s patients come from across the globe, speaking a multitude of languages and dialects and bringing with them their particular beliefs and customs. Elmhurst is responsive to their needs, and makes every effort to alleviate cultural barriers and to ensure that patients are provided with the quality healthcare they deserve. Culturally-sensitive care is a hallmark of Elmhurst's highly-regarded Mental Health Services.
Elmhurst also excels in the areas of maternal and child health care; in fact, it established the country's first children's health center in 1918. Last year, more than 4,000 babies were delivered at Elmhurst. Its Women's Health Service program makes available a broad range of specialty care services and its obstetrics and neonatal intensive care services are the most comprehensive in the borough of Queens.
In June 2005, Elmhurst Hospital Center celebrated the completion of its new Pediatric Emergency Department. The new Pediatric Emergency Department will benefit the emergency department as a whole where the original pediatric emergency department is being renovated to expand the existing adult and psychiatric emergency departments. Elmhurst stands now as a completely modernized facility, with a Level I Trauma Center and Stroke Center; is a 911 Receiving Hospital and an Emergency Heart Care Station.
Elmhurst is a regional referral center for trauma services, cardiac catheterization, renal dialysis, neurosurgery, psychiatric services and rehabilitative medicine. Innovative medical services include oncology and lithotripsy. Elmhurst Hospital Center has been a designated Stroke Center since August 2004, with a designated stroke team consisting of neurologists, emergency medicine physicians and emergency medicine nurses. Most recently, Elmhurst was approved to perform Elective Angioplasty Surgery –giving patients the choice to stay within the borough of Queens when having this procedure done.
In the spring of 2007, Elmhurst Hospital Center will open the doors on its new Cancer Care center. This state-of-the-art facility will be home to some of the most innovative equipment in cancer care - all in addition to our new 64 slice CAT scan and a brachytherapy suite which is right next door. The new building will also allow for a child day care center to be opened to employees and the public.
Learn about Elmhurst Hospital Center's specialty services: Cardiac Care; AIDS Center; Level III Perinatal Center; Behavioral Health Services; Physical Rehabilitation; Regional Trauma Center; SAFE (SART) Center; Stroke Center; Women's Health Service.
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