Harlem's North General Hospital to Close

New York, NY —

Two months after St. Vincent's Medical Center closed its doors, another much smaller Manhattan hospital is doing the same.

After years of financial struggle, North General Hospital is declaring bankruptcy and will begin winding down operations on Friday. But under a deal with the state, a large clinic network called the Institute for Family Health will take over part of the 190-bed facility to provide a range of primary care services. And the city will transfer 200 long-term acute care beds and related services from the Coler/Goldwater Specialty Hospital on Roosevelt Island to the North General campus. City and state officials say emergency room and most inpatient services will be absorbed by Mt. Sinai, Harlem Hospital, New York-Presbyterian and Metropolitan Hospitals. North General was founded in central Harlem in 1979.