By Yepoka Yeebo
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
EAST HARLEM — Another Manhattan hospital has flatlined.
North General Hospital announced on Monday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, just two months after Greenwich Village's St. Vincent’s Hospital shut down for the same reason.
The hospital, located at Madison Avenue and E. 122nd Street, will shut its doors on July 2. The main building will be converted into a nursing care facility run by the city Health and Hospitals Corporation, in a deal brokered by Gov. David Paterson. There are also plans for a primary care clinic on the former site of the hospital.
"While it saddens us all to face closing the doors of a hospital that's been an integral part of our neighborhood for 30 years, we see this as an opportunity," North General Hospital Chairman Rev. Calvin Butts said in a statement.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg reiterated that some services would remain at the hospital, saying in a statement, "North General Hospital and its facilities will continue to house critical health care services for the Harlem community and all of New York City.”
The 190-bed community hospital opened in 1979, and has struggled financially in recent years.
Nearby Mount Sinai, St. Luke's, New York-Presbyterian, Harlem and Metropolitan hospitals are expected to pick up many of the hospital's patients.