Seems LICH is Really on its Way Out This Time
The writing’s been on the wall for a long time, but now there’s no confusing the message: Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn Heights Cobble Hill is almost certainly closing, according to The New York Times. The paper reports that the hospital is likely to begin closing next month “after a decision by the Cuomo…
The writing’s been on the wall for a long time, but now there’s no confusing the message: Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn Heights Cobble Hill is almost certainly closing, according to The New York Times. The paper reports that the hospital is likely to begin closing next month “after a decision by the Cuomo administration to delay grants to help finance a merger intended to rescue the institution.” LICH was supposed to get $22 million in state grants, and if the money doesn’t come through, Stanley Brezenoff, president of Continuum Health Partners—which owns the facility—says the hospital “would run out of cash by mid-March. At that point, he said, he would be forced to begin bankruptcy proceedings and move forward with closing the hospital and laying off its 2,500 employees. Without the state money, Mr. Brezenoff said, Continuum could not complete moving the hospital under the SUNY umbrella. Mr. Brezenoff said that he was already putting together a draft closing plan and preparing to send out termination notices. He said that because the conversation with the state was so recent, he had not yet warned the employees that the merger might be called off.” Update: Thanks to the border patrol who helpfully pointed out that this is in Cobble Hill, goddammit, not Brooklyn Heights!
Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn May Close [NY Times]
I had a baby last Spring at LICH and had a very good experience. The nurses were great, as a whole, and the location and view from my room were perfect since i live in Cobble Hill. I was in the ER recently with my then 8 month old, and was not overly impressed. I came in via an ambulence with a head injury and there was no sense of urgency- AT ALL.
Regardless, we need a hospital in our area, and i value not having to trek to 212 to go to one. LICH definitely needs a good renovation/ to work on general cleanliness and upkeep, and i wish someone would take it over and help.
Question- where do people recommend going for an ER emergency for children (stitches, broken bone, etc…)?
“butt stitches” kinda made me laugh
*rob*
rob is an asshole and i don’t get why everyone else thinks its cute or funny. stay out of it dibs, was i talking to you? no.
By randolph on February 10, 2011 11:24 AM
especially with entitled a holes like rob coming in for butt stitches
randi, I thought you weren’t going to act like a troll anymore. Do you want to have to deal with my wrath????
“oh so what you know a few exceptions. that doesnt change my opinion on the majority of them. the majority suck. case closed!
*rob*”
another scientific conclusion from rob.
did you graduate high school?
oh so what you know a few exceptions. that doesnt change my opinion on the majority of them. the majority suck. case closed!
*rob*
“cgar, nurses are like the brokers of the medical world, that’s why i dont like them. . . . i can take my own damn blood pressure and temperature. totally useless profession.”
I’m stepping up to the plate again to disagree with my friend *rob* and the other nurse bashers here. I have known a number of nurses in my life, and, as I said, a close friend’s girlfriend now is a nurse. No doubt there are Nurse Ratcheds out there. But the nurses I know are hard-working, dedicated, kind and committed, and relatively low paid, particularly given a lot of the patients they have to contend with (if this thread is any example!). Patently unfair to paint all nurses with such a broad and negative brush.
Urgent Care units are a joke for my health insurance company. There are two within a 10 mile radius that they’ll pay for and one is NJ and the other is Howard Beach. No wonder people go to the ER.
“I couldn’t begin to imagine how awful a job it tould be to have to deal with the NYC public as a nurse, social worker or any service industry worker for that matter.”
especially with entitled a holes like rob coming in for butt stitches and treating you like a bum on the subway. i mean, what do nurses do anyway- I CAN TAKE MY OWN DAMN BLOOD PRESSURE!!!