Metropolitan | NYC Health + Hospitals
Overview
NYC Health + Hospitals / Metropolitan is a full service community hospital that provides state-of-the-art care and leading edge technology in a modern environment. We provide culturally-sensitive care to patients from all five New York City boroughs in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Close patient supervision by a specially trained multidisciplinary team of health professionals helps ensure that patients receive the best, most effective care possible. From patients suffering from asthma or diabetes to women seeking early detection and treatment for breast cancer, we provide compassionate, appropriate, and affordable care.
We have been affiliated with New York Medical College since our founding in 1875, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. We are part of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.
NYC Health + Hospitals / Metropolitan, along with other NYC Health + Hospitals facilities, received high quality ratings from the New York State Department of Health comparing key quality measures and treatments for specific conditions in hospitals statewide. We scored 97 percent for appropriate care in heart failure cases, 96 percent for heart attack care, and 94 percent for surgical infection prevention, an NYC Health + Hospitals initiative.
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