Can't New York afford one really good specialty hospital? With all the artists and graphic designers in NYC, don't we need one place where they can get the best treatment in case of injury?
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Upon further investigation I do not believe I would be interested in purchasing your equipment & furnishings..Thank you! [MORE]
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I would like you to consider some of the unpublished effects of the Berger Commission's Prescription for Disaster.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]
t
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...
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.... [MORE]
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]