# Hunts Point Hospital

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**Hunts Point Hospital**[1][2] was a 100-bed[3] [Bronx](/source/The_Bronx) hospital that closed, and was sold in 1945;[1] the building was subsequently abandoned.[3]

They had served the local community for general medical/surgical [4][5] and maternity needs.[2]

## Controversy

The NYC Fire Commissioner disclosed that the hospital allegedly refused "to admit a 6-year-old boy who was dying from electric burns and shock."[6][7]

The hospital closed months later, and its building was sold.[1]

Twenty years prior to this boy's death another allegation was made regarding claims by a nurse about plans for starving to death a girl born mentally weak.[8]

## References

1. ["Hospital Property Sold in the Bronx"](https://www.nytimes.com/1945/12/07/archives/hospital-property-sold-in-the-bronx.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. December 7, 1945.

1. ["Births"](https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/25/archives/births.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. September 25, 1938.

1. Albin Krebs (June 13, 1970). ["Ottinger Seeks City Use Of 'Packaged' Hospitals"](https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/13/archives/ottinger-seeks-city-use-of-packaged-hospitals.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* at Lafayette Avenue and Manida Street, in the South Bronx.

1. [*New York Supreme Court*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YAgEk3w-vmUC&pg=RA1-PA45). May 5, 1926. Consent to Operation and Treatment

1. [*New York Supreme Court*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MtP3oArjOcAC&pg=RA4-PA39) until the operation in the Hunts Point Hospital.

1. ["HOSPITAL'S REJECTION OF BOY UNDER INQUIRY; Dr. Bernecker Says Hunts Point May Have Acted Wisely"](https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/30/archives/hospitals-rejection-of-boy-under-inquiry-dr-bernecker-says-hunts.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. May 30, 1944.

1. ["HOSPITAL REFUSED TO ADMIT DYING BOY; Story Revealed Through Award for Heroism to Fireman Who Rescued Bronx Child. 31 DEPARTMENT MEDALS, 26 Go to Officers and Men of Fireboats That Fought Blaze on Ammunition Ship"](https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/29/archives/hospital-refused-to-admit-dying-boy-story-revealed-through-award.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. May 29, 1944.

1. ["STORY OF BABY LEFT TO DIE FOUND FALSE; Infant Reported "Doomed" Because of Prospect of Weak Mentality Safe in Hospital."](https://www.nytimes.com/1924/09/30/archives/story-of-baby-left-to-die-found-false-infant-reported-doomed.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. September 30, 1924.

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