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Gouverneur Health (formerly Gouverneur Hospital) is a municipally owned healthcare facility affiliated with the New York University School of Medicine. It is located at 227 Madison Street in Lower Manhattan. The facility offers comprehensive healthcare services, including outpatient, specialty, and skilled nursing care. It primarily serves residents of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Gouverneur Health comprises The Residence at Gouverneur Court, a skilled nursing home with 295 beds; and the Center for Community Health and Wellness, the largest freestanding ambulatory care center in New York State. It originally opened in 1885, and moved to its current location in 1972. A multi-year modernization project was completed in 2014, expanding the facility dramatically. The facility is a member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. ==Facilities== Gouverneur Health is Medicare and Medicaid certified, and has a 295-bed nursing facility with 24-hour care.〔(“Major makeover for Gouverneur during next 4 years,” ) ''The Villager'', Volume 78, Number 18, October 1–7, 2008.〕〔"New Gouverneur Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility: Overview," ''U.S. News & World Report''. Accessed June 1, 2014.〕 It is one of the largest institutions in Lower Manhattan,〔Ed Litvak, (“New Executive Director Named at Gouverneur,” ) The Lo-Down, December 30, 2013.〕 and the largest freestanding ambulatory care center in New York State.〔(“Gouverneur Healthcare Services,” ) NYU Langone Medical Center. Retrieved June 1, 2014.〕 It serves approximately 50,000 patients a year, predominantly Hispanic and Chinese New Yorkers.〔 It also provides interpreter services for non-English speakers and immigrants. The modernization project completed in 2014 created a new 450,000-square-foot state-of-the-art health care center;〔Matt Essert, (“Gouverneur Opens New Ambulatory Care Pavilion and Penthouse,” ) ''Downtown'', September 20, 2011.〕 and 85 new nursing home beds (increasing the total to 295) for The Residence at Gouverneur Court, a modern skilled nursing facility with rehabilitative medicine, long-term care, wound management, and hospice services.〔 It is affiliated with the NYU Rusk Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine. Renovations of The Center for Community Health and Wellness, an ambulatory care pavilion that serves over 345,000 outpatient visits per year, include a newly renovated 30,000-square-foot Women and Children's Center; a new digital radiology center; on-site pharmacy; and laboratory services.〔 Specialty services include prenatal care, rehabilitation, and a new 16-chair dental suite.〔Fred Mogul, (“Historic Lower East Side Hospital Unveils New $200M Wing,” ) WNYC, September 19, 2011.〕 The building is glass and steel, wrapped around red brick,〔 an open and inviting style with a lot of natural light.〔Ed Litvak, (“Gouverneur Hospital’s New Facility: A Progress Report,” ) The Lo-Down, August 4, 2010.〕 Since the mid-1970s, Gouverneur has had an academic affiliation with the New York University Medical School. Since 1991, Gouverneur has been an outpatient and teaching center for NYU's Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program.〔 Gouverneur also has three community health centers below 14th Street in Manhattan, and offers mobile medical and dental vans to bring assistance directly to those with difficulty accessing services.〔(About Gouverneur: Community Health Centers ), nyc.gov. Retrieved June 1, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gouverneur Health」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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