Wednesday, March 16, 2022

It's a miracle, Far Rock hospital finally gets fed funding


 

 QNS

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway announced Tuesday, March 15, that Congressman Gregory Meeks has secured $4 million in federal funding to support crucial services at the only hospital on the Rockaway peninsula.

Meeks advocated for the funds in the omnibus appropriations bill that was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and is awaiting President Joe Biden to sign it into law.

“I am proud to have secured funding that will make our community healthier, safer, stronger and even more resilient,” Meeks said. “The $4 million in funds for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital that will be used toward the renovation of the behavioral health, women and maternity/NICU and labor and delivery units is extremely critical to support our only health center serving the Rockaways.”

Renee Hastick-Motes, the vice president of external affairs and president of the St. John’s ICARE Foundation, said she is extremely grateful for the funding that will support the behavioral health and women/newborn equity renovation projects.

“The renovations are essential to ensuring adequate care is provided to our patients in an esthetically conducive environment,” she said.

Now celebrating its 110th year of community care, the 257-bed medical facility provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of the ability to pay.

 

2 comments:

Joe said...

What?
St. John’s my ass
The slumlord church cant afford to fix its own hospitals after reeking in $$Billions from selling property to developers and fellow slumlords.
This screwing up whole neighborhoods and they get a REWARD?
They will buy 2 doorknobs, 2 beds and write the rest of that money up as "administrative costs" Another preacher and administrator buying a Cadillac "need for work" with our tax dollars.
Today churches are nothing more then Halloween businesses and scammers. The government should buy that hospital and get the church out of it.

I know because my mother was a Catholic school teacher in Bushwick. We all got more then an ear (and eyeful) of corruption & pure madness nobody would believe back then. (many still refuse to believe)
Churches and Clergy can not be trusted with anything.
F_ckers tried to hustle me for $80,000 for "the last 2 plots left" in a run down cemetery when COVID killed both my parents.
This thanks to the nursing home and Gov.Andy Gargoyle. Zoe almost dead too from helping care for them.
Again, St. John’s and the church can kiss my ass !!

-Joe

Anonymous said...

Jimmy D said...
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