Search results
Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers (also known as Saint Vincent's or SVCMC) was a healthcare system in New York City, anchored by its flagship hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan. St. Vincent's was founded in 1849 and was a major teaching hospital in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
In the 1980s, St. Vincent’s was the hospital in New York City most closely associated with the AIDS epidemic and was considered to be the national epicenter of AIDS. Beginning in 1981, the emergency room at St. Vincent’s (demolished) witnessed large numbers of acutely ill young gay and bisexual men exhibiting unexplained weight loss, rare ...
Sep 11, 2021 · As we mark the twentieth memorial year of the September 11 terrorist attacks, remembrances of the tragedy continue to be told of the event and its aftermath. The Twin Towers were in full view from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village at 12th Street and 7th Avenue.
- A Historic Refuge
- ‘They Were There’
- ‘A Cry For Help’
- Informed by Faith
Saint Vincent’s Hospital served the poor and indigent for as long as it existed. In its earlier days, sisters took care of victims from a massive cholera epidemic. People who had been aboard the Titanic when it sank were taken here. Not far from the site of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the hospital treated victims of the terrorist att...
As I walked around the campus with a couple of friends, carrying a microphone for recording interviews, a man with silver hair spotted us. He had something he wanted to say and walked over. Tom Bernarden introduced himself; he said he had lived in the neighborhood for decades. We told him we were interested in the history of the hospital. He told u...
Seeking answers, I headed up to the Bronx, where the College of Mount Saint Vincent has sat overlooking the Hudson River since 1847. The leadership team of the Sisters of Charity of New York has offices on campus, and I was there to meet Sister Karen Helfenstein. She had trained at Saint Vincent’s nursing school, rose through the ranks and eventual...
Many people I spoke to about the legacy of Saint Vincent’s said the hospital reflected on how to serve the gay community better—not in spite of being Catholic but because it was Catholic. That is, the sisters and other hospital administrators took seriously their mandate to serve those in need. Joan Blanchfield is a retired nurse who is now in her ...
Jul 12, 2018 · St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center was a Village fixture for 161 years before its closing in 2010. The hospital was founded in 1849 and was the third oldest hospital in New York City. The hospital was one of the first institutions to address and treat HIV/AIDS, and became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC) is one of the New York metropolitan area’s most comprehensive health care systems, serving nearly 600,000 people annually.
People also ask
What is St Vincent's Hospital?
When did St Vincent's Catholic Medical Center close?
What happened to St Vincent's Hospital Manhattan?
What did Saint Vincent's Hospital do?
Jul 5, 2010 · St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, the last Catholic general hospital in New York City and an institution that had a hand in the birthing and the burying of generations of New York Catholics,...
