Madison Avenue Hospital

Madison opened in 1950 when Dr. Imre Weitzner "headed a syndicate that bought the proprietary hospital, then called Gotham Hospital" which was renamed Madison Avenue Hospital. By 1971, his son "Dr. Howard B. Weitzner, chief of gynecology at Madison Avenue Hospital" had opened an abortion referral service, the subject of "questioning by a legislative committee." There were other hearings regarding funding in 1974. Loss of funding Madison was the third of a series of hospitals closed in the mid-1970s for "life-threatening fire and health violations". Linden General Hospital and Wadsworth Hospital were the prior pair. Initially, the each lost certification, then they lost funding. As a result, it was "economically unfeasible for the hospital to stay in business." ==Gotham Hospital==

Gotham Hospital was planned as "a hospital for people with average incomes" with doctors "who at present are without hospital affiliations;" it later became Madison Avenue Hospital. A group of doctors bought Gotham in 1950 and renamed it Madison Avenue Hospital. ==References==