NYDN Finds Outrageous Conditions at Brooklyn Hospital
And the saga continues at the Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill. Recently the hospital saved the life of a 13-year-old boy in cardiac arrest; if the ambulance had to go elsewhere, he probably would have died, according to a paramedic. But, The Daily News reported, the hospital is running out of supplies and will…
And the saga continues at the Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill. Recently the hospital saved the life of a 13-year-old boy in cardiac arrest; if the ambulance had to go elsewhere, he probably would have died, according to a paramedic. But, The Daily News reported, the hospital is running out of supplies and will not schedule elective surgery procedures after April 30th, even though a judge ordered the hospital to remain open. SUNY Downstate wants to close the hospital by June; a sale could bring in as much as $500 million for SUNY. As a LICH medical staff member told the News: “They’re crippling this hospital to the point where it endangers people’s lives.”
The State of Long Island College Hospital Is Outrageous [NY Daily News]
Cobble Hill Hospital Closure Delayed Again; March Sunday [Brownstoner]
My wife was very recently taken there with an asthma attack. I got there about 29 minutes after she was admitted and she was still struggling for every breath despite being hooked up to intravenous supplies to aid her breathing. If she had been obliged to travel further afield to an ER I dread what would have happened. She was admitted for 5 days and had nothing but praise for the way she was treated. The knowledge that SUNY Downstate is treating LICH like a piggy bank rather than a needed community facility is sickening and yet another indictment of the scandalous money-drivenl cesspool that is New York politics.
As a doctor and Brooklynite, the closure of LICH really concerns me. This boy in cardiac arrest was saved because he did not have to travel further to another hospital. Things like that happen all the time… People in accidents or emergencies do better when they are treated faster. I realize that LICH is doomed but it disgusts me that it’s going for more condo developments.
Caveman