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Striking a pose. Asian schoolchildren from Brooklyn proudly keep their culture alive in Lunar New Year festivals at Maimonides Lunar New Year.Photos by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

Vital cultural bridge with Brooklyn’s Asian community could be model for global diplomatic success

March 19 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

To see a colorful slideshow and more information, click here for PREMIUM CONTENT.   Premium content: Allows reader 24-hour access to full website.   BOROUGH PARK — Nearly 400 spectators enjoyed Maimonides Health’s annual Lunar New Year celebration recently in one of New York’s fastest-growing Chinese communities. Maimonides Health’s Asian Services and Community Relations Departments presented […]

Striking a pose. Asian schoolchildren from Brooklyn proudly keep their culture alive in Lunar New Year festivals at Maimonides Lunar New Year.Photos by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

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Vital cultural bridge with Brooklyn’s Asian community could be model for global diplomatic success

March 19 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

Full slideshow below BOROUGH PARK — Maimonides Health held its annual Lunar New Year celebration the afternoon of Feb. 28 in the hospital’s Schreiber Auditorium before a crowd of nearly 400 spectators. Presented by the Asian Services and Community Relations Departments, it, of course, featured a traditional lion dance, as well as other dynamic cultural […]

Maimonides staff and former NICU patient Alba Lopez Guitierrez (center) preparing to cut the ribbon commemorating the expansion of its NICU facility.Photos: Arthur De Gaeta/Brooklyn Eagle

Maimonides expands its neonatal intensive care unit 

January 5 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

Full slideshow below BOROUGH PARK — Maimonides Medical Center has expanded its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) — a designated area providing around-the-clock care to ill or premature newborn infants — by 17 beds. The unit will now contain 48 beds and grow to more than 7,000 square feet. The hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony […]