The controversy over the closing down of Long Island College Hospital continues as Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Carolyn Demarest ordered ambulance service to be reinstated by Tuesday at the beleaguered health facility. The State University of New York, which has been trying to close down the hospital since last February, has not...
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The Bedford-Stuyvesant hospital Interfaith Medical Center has given up trying to remain open. Now that its last ditch effort to stay operational through a merger with neighboring medical facilities has failed, Interfaith filed a legal motion last Tuesday for permission to begin closure procedures on August 15. The filing in federal...
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Only 90 minutes away from New York City, in Harris, New York, is a special place which is making a huge impact on adults and children with severe disabilities, other medical frailties, and a growing number of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Center for Discovery. Located in the Catskills on a beautiful multi-campus...
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Despite the desire of the State University of New York to close its Long Island College Hospital, a Brooklyn judge ruled that the hospital must stay open for now, at least until he decides whether the hospital will be allowed to permanently close its operations. SUNY says that the Cobble Hill facility is a money pit that the...
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Last Saturday residents of Brooklyn came out to protest the proposed closure of the Bedford-Stuyvesant located Interfaith Medical Center. The grassroots effort to keep the hospital open would like to see the facility become a full-service hospital. Protestors said that they have been sending letters in the hundreds to the New York...
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Until recently cerebral palsy has been for the most part a specialty of pediatrics. Today however there are a growing number of patients with cerebral palsy living until adulthood, with limited options for health care. Debby and Peter Weinberg’s 17 year-old son Henry is one of those patients approaching adulthood....
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