Seeking medical treatment can be an overwhelming experience. At Metropolitan Hospital Center we thrive on providing compassionate, culturally-competent care to everyone who walks through our doors. Our multi-cultural staff is committed to providing a full range of services to meet the particular issues our patients and their families face.

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Patient Confidentiality
Metropolitan Hospital Center is covered by the HHC Notice of Privacy Practices. We encourage you to review this Notice and become familiar with your rights regarding the use and protection of your personal data. The Notice of Privacy Practices is available in many different languages

Patient Bill of Rights
As a patient in New York State, all patients at Metropolitan Hospital Center have the right, consistent with the law, to:

1. Understand and use these rights. If for any reason you do not understand, or you need help, the hospital must provide assistance, including an interpreter.
2. Receive treatment without discrimination as to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or source of payment.
3. Receive considerate and respectful care in a clean and safe environment, free of unnecessary restraints.
4. Receive emergency care if you need it.
5. Be informed of the name and position of the doctor who will be in charge of your care in the hospital.
6. Know the names, positions, and functions of any hospital staff involved in your care, and to refuse their treatment, examination or observation.
7. A non-smoking room.
8. Receive complete information about your diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
9. Receive all the information you need to give informed consent for any proposed procedure or treatment. This information shall include possible risks and benefits of the procedure or treatment.
10. Receive all the information you need to give informed consent for an order not to resuscitate. You also have the right to designate an individual to give this consent for you if you are too ill to do so. If you would like additional information, please ask for a copy of the pamphlet "Deciding About Health Care — A Guide for Patients and Families."
11. Refuse treatment and be told what effect this may have on your health.
12. Refuse to take part in research. In deciding whether or not to participate, you have the right to a full explanation.
13. Privacy while in the hospital and confidentiality of all records and information regarding your care.
14. Participate in all decisions about your treatment and discharge from the hospital. The hospital must provide you with a written discharge plan and written description of how you can appeal your discharge.
15. Review your medical record without charge. Obtain a copy of your medical record for which the hospital can charge a reasonable fee.  You cannot be denied a copy solely because you cannot afford to pay.
16. Receive an itemized bill and explanation of all charges.
17. .Complain without fear of reprisals about the care and services you are receiving and to have the hospital respond to you and if you request it, a written response. If you are not satisfied with the hospital's response, you can complain to the New York State Health Department. The hospital must provide you with the State Health Department telephone number.
18. Authorize those family members and other adults who will be given priority to visit consistent with your ability to receive visitors.
19. Make known your wishes in regard to anatomical gifts. You may document your wishes in your health care proxy or on a donor card, available from the hospital.

View a complete copy of the Patient Bill of Rights.

Guest Relations can be reached at (212) 423-7232. 

Complaints may also be referred to:

NEW YORK STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
Centralized Hospital Intake Program, Hospital Complaint Unit
433 River Street, 6th Floor
Troy, NY 12180
Telephone: (800) 804-5447

NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE
Municipal Building
One Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
Telephone: (212) 669-7250

OFFICE OF QUALITY MONITORING
Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Telephone: (800) 994-6610 or Fax: (630) 792-5636