From the Times Ledger:
Since state Department of Health officials closed Peninsula Hospital Center in April, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway is experiencing a 35 percent increase in emergency room visits and inpatient volume has climbed 11 percent, according to a St. John’s representative.
In an effort to match the higher volume of patients, the hospital has stepped up staffing across its departments. St. John’s’ top executive said Peninsula’s closure has raised health care concerns in the area.
St. John’s submitted plans to the state DOH to expand its emergency department with an observation unit and more treatment bays, including a comprehensive psychiatric emergency program. When those plans are completed, the emergency department’s capacity will increase to 50,000 patient visits per year, according to a hospital representative.
Even with a potential increase in staff at St. John’s, elected officials still contend the closing of Peninsula has created a health care crisis in the Rockaways — one that will only get worse as beach weather comes to the borough.
3 comments:
the healthcare crisis in nyc will not stop until the Mayor and City Council Progressives enforce the law and reject illegal aliens in nyc
citizens can no longer afford to pay for the illegal's free emergency healthcare.
also the healthcare unions, S.E.I.U,have been awarded contracts, by paid off bureaucrats, that are UNSUSTAINABLE.
I think the message
from NYC is quite clear:
Move away from "The Rock" or die!
A possible alternative is to own
a personal med-evac helicopter.
H-m-m-m,
maybe those rich Breezy Point
folks can get together and buy one.
Hey, I look "Hispanic".
Maybe I can pass for a Latino illegal and get free ER services.
I won't give my real name
and hide my health plan card.
"Si...bueno!"
Now faking Mandarin
is going to be more difficult.
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