Six months after Sandy, Grimm tours hurricane damaged Coney Island Hospital
Six months after Superstorm Sandy crippled Coney Island Hospital, US Rep. Michael Grimm took a tour of the hospital to see the progress that has been made to get the facility back up to full strength.
Grimm (R-C-Brooklyn-Staten Island) and a group of journalists visited the hospital on April 29, six months to the day of the hurricane. “I would say that they’re somewhere between 60 percent and two-thirds of where they should be in terms of getting back up,” Grimm told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in a phone interview on April 30, the day after his visit.
“Their 911 system is back on line. They’re taking emergency cases. But there are no pediatric services. They’re not delivering babies. They’re still limited in what they can do. Hopefully, they’ll be fully back in line by July 1,” Grimm said.
“We’re operating about 40 percent of capacity to total number of beds. We have about two-thirds of the inpatient units open,” Executive Director Arthur Wagner told WCBS 880 reporter Marla Diamond.