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Central Maternity Hospital was a Bronx hospital which opened 1938 and closed 1958. It was operated by Dr. Morris Leff, who initially called his facility Dr. Morris Leff Maternity Hospital.

Controversy

Dr. Morris Leff Maternity Hospital was the first name used, "in the days when doctors ran their own hospitals." Although Leff "was carted off to jail for carrying out abortions" his notoriety also included baby-selling, sourcing the babies from unwed mothers. The New York Times headlined "Dr. Leff Pleads Not Guilty."

References

1. Morris Leff, M.D. (1955). "An obstetric forceps for the rotation of the fetal head". American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Affiliations: Central Maternity Hospital New York, N. Y.
2. Morris Leff, M.D. (1953). "The role of adrenalin (epinephrine) in labor". American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Affiliations: Central Maternity Hospital New York, N. Y.
3. ^ Chris Hedges (September 11, 2001). "PUBLIC LIVES; Behind a Political Brawler, a Bare-Knuckles Past". The New York Times. born .. in Dr. Leff's Hospital in the Bronx
4. "Dr. Leff Pleads Not Guilty". The New York Times. September 4, 1948.

External links

• "Dr. Leff moved his maternity clinic from Manhattan to the Bronx" (Groups.JewishGen.org)
• Case of False Birth Records: Trial of Dr. Morris Leff

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