Talk:Bellevue Hospital Center

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For one thing, it's worth mentioning this is the first municiple hospital established in US, if I'm not mistaken. AdamDiCarlo 07:40, 13 October 2005 (UTC) one the best hospital in new york

Several of the "Milestones at Bellevue" don't actually seem to have much to do with Bellevue (ie: Jonas Salk gets his MD). Should we look into them to see if they're relevant, and if not, delete them from the list? --guest, 04:30, 19 February 2007 (EST)

It would be nice to put the location of the hospital in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.142.45.10 (talk) 15:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Bellevue" as a place where crazy people get locked up

I've heard "Bellevue" used as a synonym for "lunatic asylum" -- is that a reference to Bellevue Hospital Center, or does that refer to some other place? Thank you. CSWarren 17:28, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I think "Bellevue, The Lunatic Asylum" is more of a folkloric place that has little to do with the actual hospital. As far as I know, this is the right Bellevue, but it has never actually been the type of establishment Bethlem Royal Hospital (a.k.a. Bedlam) was. The US is the only major nation where such hospitals were established for treatment, not punishment of mentally ill patients, and Bellevue has rather been a pioneer in working with mental illness than a cruel and dreadful place where crazy people got locked up. At least that's what my doctor told me to write...Rankiri (talk) 22:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Side Note: "Bellevue was known to be the first though most notorious insane asylum and metropolitan hospital that ever existed. From experimental operations, treatments, misdiagnoses, and malpractices to unsanitary and horrific conditions. Beginning with its facility from the 1600's, to this day has been improperly developed to accommodate its lack of architecture causing inefficiency. Currently HHC took over management and is trying to build an east and west tower on the side of the big mess... Most prescriptions, injections, and chemical lobotomies for diagnosis of theoretical diseases such as ADD, Bipolar or Schizophrenia also adds salt to the wound as they cannot scientifically test for this nor can they differentiate it from cultural differences..." from a doctor at Bellevue. You can also read more about this topic from the book Bellevue at Barnes and Noble.

Bellevue Hospital Center being the first metropolitan hospital in America has been a pioneer in the health care field. Having no other institution like it before, it had to model itself after itself. At its best it saves a few lives, and at its worst it loses some. Although it is controversial in its diagnostic and treatment methods.

I don't know where that side note comes from, but I believe the information it gives may be false. The construction of a “Publick Workhouse and House of Correction” was begun in 1735 and the building of what is now known as the Bellevue hospital was ready early in 1736. 1600's? It's either a fiction book, an uneducated doctor's quote, or a reference to another Bellevue and not the Bellevue hospital center in New York. Rankiri (talk) 20:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)