Eight Jewish hospitals in New York City face a combined deficit for operating expenses for the year 1932 of $1,181,200, it was revealed in the appeal issued by the United Hospital Fund for Thanksgiving Day contributions. Henry J. Fisher is president of the fund.
Mount Sinai Hospital faces the largest deficit, that of $628,000, with Montefiore coming second, with a deficit of $350,000.
The estimated deficit of the Beth Israel Hospital is $183,000: that of the Lebanon Hospital, $144,000; Beth Moses $27,000; the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital $60,000; the Jewish Maternity Hospital $33,000; the Hospital for Joint Diseases, $55,000.
The eight Jewish hospitals face more than one-fourth of the estimated deficit of $4,000,000 which 55 hospitals in the city believe is inevitable this year.
In an appeal for funds, Mr. Fisher points that the demand for free medical treatment has never been so great, and that private hospitals are in desperate need to continue their service.
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