Friday, April 12, 2024

A march for hospital care in Lower Manhattan

The drama continues around the pending closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel on First Avenue at 16th Street.

Last week, the New York State Department of Health said the closing plans were "incomplete" — "sending hospital leaders back to the drawing board," as Gothamist reported. 

Local elected officials against the closure responded to the news on April 3... Meanwhile, tomorrow, members of the Community Coalition to Save Beth Israel and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary will meet at noon on 10th Street and Second Avenue  ... for a march to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary on 14th Street and Second Avenue and then on to Beth Israel.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel executives have stated that the closure is an unfortunate necessity due to the system's staggering financial losses, which have exceeded $1 billion in recent years. 

As previously reported, the 799-bed teaching hospital was proposed to close on July 12, 2024. 

However, there have been reports that Mount Sinai Beth Israel has been suspending services and moving staff out of the facility without proper approval from the Department of Health.

According to Politico, hospital officials were "increasingly transferring seriously ill patients suffering potentially life-threatening emergencies to other hospitals in the city because they need procedures that are no longer being made available at Beth Israel."

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2 comments:

  1. MarkApril 13, 2024 at 12:57 PM

    The removal of this hospital is a disservice and an incredible loss for those of us whom live in this community. Why most everything be repurposed for the sales of expensive real estate? This is just one of the many reasons NYC has become unaffordable. Can't Governor Hochul step in and intervene?

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  2. Grandpa HowardApril 14, 2024 at 1:31 PM

    NYS should mandate that money that Mount Sinai receives from the sale of the land Beth Israel sits on be used for the expansion of NYP/Lower Manhattan Hospital to take over the clinical services lost.

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