Bellevue Hospital

Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
NYC Health + Hospitals
Geography
Location	462 First Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°44′21″N 73°58′31″W / 40.7393°N 73.9753°W
Organization
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	New York University School of Medicine
Network	NYC Health + Hospitals; NYU Langone Health System
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	844 (2015)
Helipad	East 34th Street Heliport (IATA: TSS)
History
Opened	March 31, 1736
Links
Website	www.nychealthandhospitals.org/bellevue
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in Manhattan

Bellevue Hospital (officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and formerly known as Bellevue Hospital Center) is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States.^[2]^[4] One of the largest hospitals in the United States by number of beds, it is located at 462 First Avenue in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Bellevue is also home to FDNY EMS Station 08, formerly NYC EMS Station 13.

Historically, Bellevue was so frequently associated with its treatment of mentally ill patients that "Bellevue" became a local pejorative slang term for a psychiatric hospital. The hospital has since developed into a comprehensive major medical center including outpatient, specialty, and skilled nursing care, as well as emergency and inpatient services. The hospital contains a 25-story patient care facility and has an attending physician staff of 1,200 and an in-house staff of about 5,500.

Bellevue is a safety net hospital, providing healthcare for individuals regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. It handles over half a million patient visits each year.^[3]

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