LICH nurses bemoan hospital’s woes
On the eve of Friday morning’s “Save LICH” rally, several longtime nurses at Long Island College Hospital told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle they were distressed by the hospital’s possibly imminent closing.
The Eagle’s Mary Frost confirmed on Thursday that the board of SUNY, which owns LICH, was prepared to pull the plug on the ailing hospital.
SUNY Downstate Hospital in East Flatbush has been LICH’s parent the two years since it was abandoned by Continuum Health Partners and is officially called University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital.
Hervley Hill, a 13-year nurse who works in the psychiatric department, said that until recently, staffers were concentrating on their work and serving the community.