tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7058303183765449112..comments2024-03-29T10:34:24.199-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Report: Mount Sinai Beth Israel 'will cut its inpatient capacity'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27114500246490197522016-05-24T12:19:19.692-04:002016-05-24T12:19:19.692-04:00closing Beth Israel is sick..yes I mean to be snid...closing Beth Israel is sick..yes I mean to be snide and honest at the same time..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44153547528340991572016-05-18T23:01:17.324-04:002016-05-18T23:01:17.324-04:00Unless the bros and their sorority hanger-ons are ...Unless the bros and their sorority hanger-ons are going under the knife after being treated by a mixologist, then yes? I'd say mixologists are more in line with gynecologists... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91468067419023530882016-05-18T22:16:20.184-04:002016-05-18T22:16:20.184-04:00Remember "Fiver" in Watership Down?
Bl...Remember "Fiver" in Watership Down?<br /><br /><br />Blackberry: Men have always hated us.<br /><br />Holly: No. They just destroyed the warren because we were in their way.<br /><br />Fiver: They'll never rest until they've spoiled the earth.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88964539161334812262016-05-18T21:33:44.956-04:002016-05-18T21:33:44.956-04:00http://www.6sqft.com/nyc-time-machine-lets-users-n...http://www.6sqft.com/nyc-time-machine-lets-users-navigate-overlaid-maps-from-1600-to-present-day/<br /><br />There is a site where you see the transformation of Peter Stuyvesant's farm in map overlay form. It is so cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28282779951289378292016-05-18T21:28:43.815-04:002016-05-18T21:28:43.815-04:00I really prefer the other half of Stuyvesant Sq. R...I really prefer the other half of Stuyvesant Sq. Rutherford Place is the place to live, but the chance to live there is almost impossible. And I do not mean fake Rutherford , the one on the corner which is really on 17th.<br />Old silver leg (Peter Stuyvesant) would probably laugh at the state of his farm now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3007793155087440752016-05-18T21:23:58.720-04:002016-05-18T21:23:58.720-04:00@6:21pm: Aren't mixologists basically anesthes...@6:21pm: Aren't mixologists basically anesthesiologists? Both help you get to where you're feeling no pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72578475827755834112016-05-18T18:21:34.421-04:002016-05-18T18:21:34.421-04:00East Village today! wants and needs mixologists, b...East Village today! wants and needs mixologists, biscuitologists, ramenologists..., more so than a cardiologist, oncologist, and anesthesiologist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36137239750242084642016-05-18T17:04:06.390-04:002016-05-18T17:04:06.390-04:00Gojira, my dear, if you get a bad bleeder, I don&#...Gojira, my dear, if you get a bad bleeder, I don't think the presence or lack of an ice cream shop or coffee emporium is going to have anything at all to do with the situation. Your life may not be bigger than the question of whether you are personally rankled by the retail selection in the area, but believe it or not, it has absolutely nothing to do with it. Yes, there are questions in the world that are not determined by the number of coffee, ice cream, or retail selections of any kind between Houston and 14th Street. Reality is much bigger than that, whether you can see it or not. Beth Israel is having problems because they are underfunded. <br /><br />Their operating costs are higher than their revenues. That is due to the insurance companies and government not reimbursing them adequately for their very, very high costs. It is not the case that, for example if Empire Biscuit were to shutter, the money fairy would drop off a few burlap sacks with dollar signs on them, balance the books, and all would be well. It is also not the case that if the 13th step were to shutter, that Beth Israel would open the Beth Israel trauma annex in the space. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9410702736782653052016-05-18T16:46:21.299-04:002016-05-18T16:46:21.299-04:00I was in the ER at Beth Israel on 4/10 and a nurse...I was in the ER at Beth Israel on 4/10 and a nurse there told me the same thing. Having been through the closures of Cabrini AND St Vincents - where will anyone go for care? This is why we are now seeing a surge in these emergency clinics. They are meant to replace the ER to a certain degree but as the nurse noted the emergency clinics don't have nearly the capability of the ER and most patients wind up getting sent to the ER anyway. My doctor just left BI in December and is now practicing in New Jersey. This is basically what happened before with the other two hospital closings, doctors start abandoning ship about a year before the closing. My guess is that Mt Sinai acquired BI with the intent of closing the hospital. In some ways this Lessens the loss of the hospital and makes it seem different from the other closings. So soon we will be pushing 9 million people on this island with very little capacity to give health care or treat real emergencies. In the words of the nurse I spoke with "the ground beneath us is worth more than the hospital." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66549306647436424902016-05-18T16:33:34.052-04:002016-05-18T16:33:34.052-04:00Ken Langone is a big De Blasio contributor. It mak...Ken Langone is a big De Blasio contributor. It makes you wonder if he told Mayor Bill to let Beth Israel close to get rid of the competition for his NYU supported hospital. cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58048714569922818142016-05-18T16:16:30.952-04:002016-05-18T16:16:30.952-04:00Hugette Clark was also deeply insane.Hugette Clark was also deeply insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3005166123192839172016-05-18T15:57:45.311-04:002016-05-18T15:57:45.311-04:00The health industry in this country is just that a...The health industry in this country is just that an industry, for profit with a sizable amount of cash going to middle man insurance companies which do nothing to make or keep you healthy they are just a bureaucracy that always gets paid. If Congress would stop pandering to big insurance and create a real tax payer funded system we would be better off, except for insurance companies that is. Capitalism should not fuck with peoples health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-62624708788592791502016-05-18T15:31:42.803-04:002016-05-18T15:31:42.803-04:00The millionairess Huguette Clark chose to live in ...The millionairess Huguette Clark chose to live in a hospital for more than 20 years until she died. She chose Beth Israel. I assumed it was partially for the view of the park she had out her window. She had real estate all over the country (and city) but chose these future condos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55538076898980004542016-05-18T14:12:35.717-04:002016-05-18T14:12:35.717-04:00@Anon. 11:12 - Okay honey, then please tell me, if...@Anon. 11:12 - Okay honey, then please tell me, if I ever do get that "bad bleeder" you mention, or have any other kind of medical emergency, which one of the coffee emporia or ice cream shoppes I can go into to get stitched up? I'm quite curious to know which ones of them offer emergency or trauma medical services on the side.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48813368041885741232016-05-18T13:25:29.237-04:002016-05-18T13:25:29.237-04:00@1112, thank you. @1112, thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80290888055273480952016-05-18T13:25:10.268-04:002016-05-18T13:25:10.268-04:00Nurse Ratched has given one too many enemas thus s...Nurse Ratched has given one too many enemas thus she thinks everyone's an a--hole and does not understand satire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-74607434187399725592016-05-18T13:00:01.113-04:002016-05-18T13:00:01.113-04:00And please don't advertise my favorite park in...And please don't advertise my favorite park in the city.<br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82047234708909701192016-05-18T12:58:41.774-04:002016-05-18T12:58:41.774-04:0010:08 AM is a bot.10:08 AM is a bot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19671727496613262912016-05-18T12:45:51.473-04:002016-05-18T12:45:51.473-04:00@11:12am: "but the real killer is medicare&q...@11:12am: "but the real killer is medicare" - said the person who is planning never to get old! Yeah, it's not drug overcharges or anything, it's JUST medicare that's doing the hospitals in ... NOT.<br /><br />In case you haven't noticed, EVERYTHING in NYC is expensive. Housing, hospitals, food, etc. But where's all the money going? It's concentrated at the top, in the hands of those relatively few who are paid enormous salaries/bonuses to be "in charge" while the actual WORK (the scut work, the caring for patients, or mopping of floors) is done by people who are FAR LESS well-compensated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42596632307536182302016-05-18T12:38:39.764-04:002016-05-18T12:38:39.764-04:00East Village's priorities right now are to ser...East Village's priorities right now are to serve as much alcohol and sugar into one's bloodstream. So, who's the idiot? Hooray indeed. Or more like WOOOOOOOO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36178037613156801722016-05-18T11:12:46.898-04:002016-05-18T11:12:46.898-04:00Giovanni, you got it. Sadly you are probably 1,000...Giovanni, you got it. Sadly you are probably 1,000% right about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10726594276143760482016-05-18T11:12:36.495-04:002016-05-18T11:12:36.495-04:00I know conspiracy theories are fun and absolve you...I know conspiracy theories are fun and absolve you of the responsibility for knowing what is actually going on, but if you actually cared about what is going on, it only takes a few minutes to inform yourself. Hospitals, like all things, require supplies and personnel to keep the doors open. Medical professionals, supplies and services are all very, very expensive. Insurance company reimbursement isn't great, but the real killer is medicare and medicaid reimbursement is just pennies on the dollar. <br /><br />But hey, who wants to get into things that require thought when you can just declare it to be class war and continue to wallow in ignorance or better yet, be more concerned about and make idiot comments about kombucha or froyo. If you ever get a bad bleeder, I'm sure spouting paranoid idiocies about kale, air rights and class war will tide you over while traffic is snarled up first ave. Hooray for priorities!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84418997655966508692016-05-18T11:11:03.208-04:002016-05-18T11:11:03.208-04:00Kinky mind, 10:08. Probably just what the new EV n...Kinky mind, 10:08. Probably just what the new EV needs?!ruins of st. ann'snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48801596222599530112016-05-18T10:08:26.946-04:002016-05-18T10:08:26.946-04:00Tourists and transients do not come to the EV for ...Tourists and transients do not come to the EV for its a hospital; they have no need for it. The neighborhood does not need a hospital since the East Villagers [of] today! are healthier and are indestructible. Just look -- liqueterias, brodo, yogas, kale, quinoa, kobucha, hakuna matata, artisanal, organic, fresh, and farm-to-to table and gluten-free whatnots. And the way they're riding them CitiBikes -- not stopping at red lights, on the sidewalks, not yielding to those with the right of way... -- and the way they're consuming alcohol and desserts, they act and think as if they're invincible and immortal. <br /><br />Simple solution for Mount Sinai Beth Israel to be in the black is to have a full liquor license, and make it a hospital themed bar or "restaurant", with the servers dress-up in sexy nurse attire and drinks available via enema, reverse catheter, NPO and IV. Nurse, I need a drink, stat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61855173991795682442016-05-18T09:50:09.463-04:002016-05-18T09:50:09.463-04:00Giovanni, you nailed it. As mentioned the big piec...Giovanni, you nailed it. As mentioned the big piece of this is the air rights from Stuy Town.KTnoreply@blogger.com