Ellis Island hospital complex to open to visitors

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Ellis Island hospital complex to open to visitors

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ellis-island-hospital-complex-open-visitors-211525294.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YOyzWUEv0oc6xJcN3DhBCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e2693138c1d8be25600f6a7067006a5d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A cage covers the front end of the psychiatric ward of the Ellis Island hospital complex on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. The complex, which will be opened to the public on Oct. 1, 2014, stopped operating in 1954. In its day, the complex was the largest U.S. Public Health Service institution. Sick and pregnant immigrants were treated and cured before they were allowed to enter the country _ or were sent back to their native land. The facility included wards for contagious diseases, mental health and obstetrics. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" align="left" title="A cage covers the front end of the psychiatric ward of the Ellis Island hospital complex on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. The complex, which will be opened to the public on Oct. 1, 2014, stopped operating in 1954. In its day, the complex was the largest U.S. Public Health Service institution. Sick and pregnant immigrants were treated and cured before they were allowed to enter the country _ or were sent back to their native land. The facility included wards for contagious diseases, mental health and obstetrics. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? The crumbling old sick ward opens off a long hallway, separate from the rest of the Ellis Island hospital complex. Plaster peels from the walls. Broken porcelain light fixtures hang haphazardly above where beds once stood. The low clanging of boats and the splash of waves on the breakwater drift in through cracked windowpanes that showcase a resplendent view of the Statue of Liberty. This is where the sickest immigrants came on their final days.</p><br clear="all"/>

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