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Closing Six Hospitals To Be Sought in the City

Submitted by Blanca Esponda, Nov 27, 2006 12:05

I write to inform you that this hospital is a great hospital. I staff members and doctors are the best. They have taken good care fo me wihile in the hospital. It would be a shame if you clos down one of the best hospitals in the bronx.


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gary lunsford 

Mar 4, 2008 12:04

I have read different views of Westchester Square Hospital in the Bronx. I don't see how anyone would think its... [MORE]

Barbara 

Mar 2, 2008 22:26

I feel each one of us living in Hells Kitchen will be gaining by the closure of this hospital. We... [MORE]

JIm 

Aug 31, 2007 20:42

Those on the inside know it's about the money and income. Very little Healthcare going on here. ER has become... [MORE]

Antoine LaBlatte 

Mar 11, 2008 10:10

Saint Vincent Hospital has to close because of the low census of patients. The hospital cannot operate with more workers... [MORE]

Anonymous 

Aug 6, 2007 21:16

I was sent from New Jersey by my doctor to Cabrini for surgery and received the very best of care... [MORE]

Linda McCaffrey 

Jul 9, 2007 11:29

I am currently the Medical Staff Coordinator at St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital and I can only echo the other positive... [MORE]

Doris Lederman, CPCS 

Jan 2, 2007 14:55

Yesterday, we said goobye to St. Vincent's Midtown, "The Little Hospital That Could". I work for FDNY EMS, stationed at... [MORE]

D. Campanelli 

Sep 1, 2007 11:15

I was a surgical patient at St. Vincent's Midtown in September, as I was ten years ago at St. Vincent's... [MORE]

Mark D. Fields 

Dec 18, 2006 19:32

The Ryan White Program is a perfect example of how people with Aids are treated at Saint Vincent's Midtown Hospital... [MORE]

Douglas Chin 

Nov 30, 2006 02:19

I was former President of the Medical Staff at St. Vincent's' Midtown hospital previously called St. Clare's Hospital.

It is a... [MORE]

David M Burke MD 

Dec 4, 2006 20:11

St. Vincent's Midtown, formerly St. Clare's was the first hospital on the East Coast of the USA to open it's... [MORE]

Tom Coughlan 

Dec 24, 2006 18:48

Dr. Burke reports correctly the history of this hospital. I was the Medical Staff Coordinator for 15 years at this... [MORE]

Phyllys Agatstein, MA, CPMSM 

Dec 29, 2006 12:42

Dear Sir(s),

I would like you to consider some of the unpublished effects of the Berger Commission's Prescription for Disaster. While... [MORE]

don cressy 

Dec 29, 2006 19:27

I am on the medical staff at St. Vincent's Midtown and disgusted with the arrogant, unilateral decision that has been... [MORE]

Patricio G. Bruno, D.O. 

Dec 29, 2006 23:14

My wife and I had an absolutely terrible experience with this hospital. There are much better emergency care and hospital... [MORE]

Matt 

Feb 2, 2007 07:49

parkway hospital is the nearest hospital (time) from la guardia airport. the airport and the hospital are both located at... [MORE]

rolf . niebergall 

Feb 19, 2007 23:38

The hospital should close. The empolyees at the hospital have been working over two years with NO HEALTH INSURANCE AND... [MORE]

Jul 27, 2007 08:57

I recently had 2 surgeries at St. Vincents Midtown Hospital, and I must say I receieved such wonderful care. The... [MORE]

Dr. Forrest R. Leone 

Jul 28, 2007 08:22

As an employee of the hospital and a service to the community on the NYC EMS 911 Ambulance which had... [MORE]

Ms. S. Bologna 

Sep 2, 2007 22:17

the Rotunda.............Dublin............... [MORE]

N.Collins 

Mar 9, 2008 15:32

THE CURRENT PATAKI ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS FAILED TO IMPLIMENT ANY TYPE OFSUBSTANCIALY SIGNIFICANT HEALTHCARE REFORM IN ALL THE YEARS IN... [MORE]

ANTHONY CARFANO 

Nov 29, 2006 21:56

this hosp has a lot of history , the ony hosp that opened it ares for all the pts that... [MORE]

emmad marji 

Nov 29, 2006 09:30

i have lived in the are for 25 years, closing the hospital would significantly impact the are, and that would... [MORE]

alfonso pesce 

Nov 28, 2006 11:29

Can't New York afford one really good specialty hospital? With all the artists and graphic designers in NYC, don't we... [MORE]

Ann Agranoff 

Nov 28, 2006 08:56

I write to inform you that this hospital is a great hospital. I staff members and doctors are the best....

Blanca Esponda 

Nov 27, 2006 12:05

The answer to the health issue crisis is not to close hospitals, but rather support them. In the event this... [MORE]

Linda E 

Nov 27, 2006 18:25

This hospital let both my parents die. They are incapable of taking care of people with heart conditions and cancer... [MORE]

M Murray 

Nov 28, 2006 10:54

I am sorry things did not work out for your parents. However, I must differ in your assessment of Westchester... [MORE]

a paladino 

Nov 28, 2006 12:29

I am sorry for the lost of your parents, however to discriminate against the hospital because of your personal loss... [MORE]

Joseph 

Nov 28, 2006 22:30

Now it's extended to the hospitals? People forget fast that Cabrini played a major in 9/11, given it's location adjacent... [MORE]

Marie Tudisco 

Dec 8, 2006 10:20

very well said!

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maria 

Dec 12, 2006 20:14

This does not address the real issues of soaring health care costs and will have no impact on the problem.... [MORE]

janet moore 

Nov 22, 2006 17:07

The primary problem is health care cost which is due to 1)increasing insurance premium secondary to injury lawer, 2)more people... [MORE]

Steven 

Nov 29, 2006 15:59

DEAR MR. GERSHMAN: AS A PHYSICIAN WORKING AT PENINSULA HOSPITAL(QUEENS, NY) I'M CONCERNED WHETHER THIS LIST IS COMPLETE OR IF... [MORE]

DR. STANLEY SPRECHER 

Nov 22, 2006 12:09

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