New York received $8.5 million, which officials say is serving 900 patients and will last until a year from now.
Currently these programs serve more than 1 million patients and their families each year.
The health center serves more than 13,000 patients a year.
The city has two large heart centers that can serve 1,000 patients each.
In the late 1970s the emergency room began serving patients 24 hours a day.
The hospital served patients from 50 countries and 48 states in fiscal 2011.
"As things now stand, the hospitals just cannot serve enough patients."
It has 47 doctors and serves more than 50,000 patients.
The university serves more than 500,000 patients a year through its hospital and clinical services.
The hospice will still be able to serve 52 patients.