The hospital accepted its first patient in November 1981.

The hospital accepted its first patient on April 14, 1956.

The hospital charged less than the going rate for the shot and accepted Medicare cards.

That means the hospital can accept fewer patients, especially in its intensive and critical care units.

The hospital now accepts an increasing number of private, self-paying patients and it is common to pay for your treatment.

And the hospital is only accepting patients in need of urgent care.

State and federal laws require hospitals to accept emergency patients, regardless of their ability to pay.

In such places, plans are also more exclusive about which doctors and hospitals they accept.

Half the hospital's patients are covered by Medicaid, which many private hospitals do not accept.

Although the hospital did not accept there had been human rights breaches, it paid out just under £1.4m to individuals and their families.