Closure of Brooklyn hospitals raises legal concerns for patients
In recent months, there have been reports of two Brooklyn hospitals on the brink of closure. And the legal rammifications are beginning to surface.
Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant asked a bankruptcy court on Tuesday to approve closure after the New York State Department of Health rejected a restructuring plan and denied the hospital any financial assistance.
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill, which is run by the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (SUNY Downstate) in East Flatbush, is embroiled in a legal dispute to prevent SUNY Downstate from following through with its plans to shut LICH. Caught in the middle of these disputes are the patients.