Willard State Hospital Gains Medical-Surgical Status
The Social Security Administration approved Willard State Hospital as a medical surgical hospital under the Social Security Act retroactive to April 1, 1972. Willard had previously received Medicare benefits as an accredited psychiatric hospital since 1966. Four other New York state psychiatric hospitals Central Islip Harlem Valley Hudson River and Middletown were also approved as medical-surgical units.
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Central Islip
Harlem Valley
Hudson River
Middletown State Hospitals
Dan Gallagher
A.N. Mustille
Elliott Hall
John F McCauley
Adolf Hug
Inside Willard State Hospital Maintenance Wonders
Willis Franz, plumber foreman, walked 14 feet underground in a steam tunnel where temperatures reached 126 degrees as he inspected lines from Sunnycroft to the power plant. The Willard maintenance force of 89 workers covers 11 shops and oversees heat, electricity, and water for the hospital, often unseen by patients.
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Willard State Hospital
Sunnycroft
Hatch
Seneca Home
Willis
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