Coney Island Hospital is located in southern Brooklyn, New York. It was founded by the commitment of extending health services to the residents of the community, regardless of their possibility to pay, services at the hospital are given in the kindest atmosphere. The hospital was established in 1909 and since that time, it has worked as a multi-site community medical center serving several ethnic neighborhoods.
The hospital offers several centers of excellence, which allow the members of the community to have the medical attention according to their needs, for instance, the Coney Island Hospital offers special services in adolescent medicine (for young people between the ages of 12 and 21 who need medical attention in sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse counseling, nutritional problems, gynecologic care and psychological services), adult primary care, ambulatory surgery, breast health center, cardio pulmonary rehabilitation center, likewise obstetrics, gynecology and urology.
Another service that makes the difference in the Coney Island Hospital are the multicultural services which include interpreter services, likewise printed materials in Chinese, English, Russian, and Spanish. In addition, the Complementary Medicine that integrates traditional healing practices to reach the complete healing of body, mind and spirit and treatments of Reiki, Reflexology, Massage therapy, Acupuncture and Meditation for pain control.
Joining the medical services there are the Community Health programs offered by the Coney Island Hospital that includes Immigrant Confidentiality Campaign, which offers immigrant families medical services no matter their immigration status; Colon Cancer Prevention, Heartbeat Community Cardiology Initiative, Women?s Surgery Education Center, Never Shake a Baby-Public Education Campaign, Smoking Cessation program and the Asthma Vans (specially equipped vans enable hospital staff to provide asthma screenings, diagnoses and referrals for patients suffering Asthma).
The excellence in medical services, the kindness and humanity of all the employees from Coney Island Hospital, make of this medical center the best choice in health care of the area.