Ambulance service to LICH ER still ‘up in the air’
The fate of ambulance service to Long Island College Hospital (LICH), banned by LICH’s overseer SUNY Downstate, is still “up in the air,” said Dr. Toomas Sorra, spokesperson for a group of physicians – Concerned Physicians of LICH – working to keep the Cobble Hill Hospital open.
According to Sorra, in a closed conference on Monday Supreme Court Judge Johnny Lee Baynes “ordered ambulances to start running at noon Tuesday,” and ordered SUNY Downstate to report on the status of their compliance on Tuesday. “SUNY submitted an affidavit on Tuesday saying it was impossible for them to respond to the order,” Sorra said.
Bob Bellafiore, spokesperson for SUNY Downstate, told the Brooklyn Eagle on Tuesday, “I cannot confirm that; I have heard nothing of the kind.”