Just back from my daily walk to LICH. I first went to the ER, where a friendly guard, sitting inside at the entranceway, smiled nicely as I walked in. There was absolutely nobody in the waiting room, at least as far as guards or patients. . There were two people at the admitting window. One was signing in a mother […]
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SUNY Remains Defiant, by George Fiala
Friday evening, representatives from the nurse’s union seemed somewhat hopeful that Judge Baynes’ order regarding LICH would be taken a bit more seriously than his previous rulings. Staff was in a good mood, but wary. It seems the wariness was fully justified. As of this writing, SUNY doesn’t seem to be abiding by the direct court order at all. This […]
LICH wins in court yet again, by George Fiala
Last Friday, Judge Johnny L. Baynes ended a week of court hearings with lawyers from SUNY Downstate, The Dept of Health, the Trustees of the State University of NY, Nirav Shah, MD, in his capacity as Commission of the Board of Health, and John Williams – the defendants, and the NYS Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU, Concerned Physicians of LICH, and […]
Images from LICH
SUNY Downstate is trying everything they can think of to close LICH by Thursday’s court date. Their main tactic now is to rid LICH of patients. For a month now, they haven’t been admitting new patients, and they have transferred out hundreds. Fewer than 20 are now left, yet there is a full staff of doctors, nurses and ancillary personnel. […]
SUNY spits in the face of NY State Supreme Court, by Kimberly Gail Price
“They are not taking anymore ambulances at the emergency room at LICH. If that’s the case, that’s a violation – that’s a clear violation of my order,” Kings County Supreme Judge Johnny Lee Baynes commented during the June 19 court hearing for a lawsuit filed against the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (SUNY) and the NY Department […]
New administrator for LICH
According to hospital employees Thursday evening, Judge William Thompson, Sr. has been appointed to oversee hospital operations at Long Island College Hospital (LICH). Judge Baynes appointed Thompson to ensure compliance with his court order to restore services and re staff the hospital as they were on February 20, 2013. By Monday, ambulatory services should be restored and LICH will once […]
LICH RALLY TUESDAY!
Our governor who is trying any way possible to get LICH closed is hosting a $50,000 a plate fundraiser tomorrow night at the Plaza. There will be a LICH rally outside, and everybody reading this is invited. Here are the particulars: Dear Friends and Neighbors, You are invited to a Black Tie Rally to Save LICH this Tuesday! Governor Cuomo […]
LICH Unraveling Continues, by Kimberly Gail Price
Doctors’ contracts are set to expire at the end of this month, hospital staff’s WARN notices are still pending, and now SUNY DMC is pulling the plug on LICH’s residency program – or as one doctor called it, the “backbone” of the hospital. Meanwhile, the lawsuit filed by Long Island College Hospital (LICH) against State University of New York Downstate […]
The Vultures after LICH, by Kimberly Gail Price
“Follow the money,” says Dr. John Romanelli. Romanelli was the final president of the medical staff at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) before the merger with the State University of New York Downstate (SUNY). He has been a doctor with LICH for more than 30 years. His entire family has been treated at LICH. And like so many others, he […]
LICH Officially Saved (Kimberly knew it all the time)
From Brad Lander: Dear Neighbor, I’m very pleased to report that – in response to our relentless advocacy – SUNY Downstate Medical Center has withdrawn its proposal to close LICH and has announced plans to identify another operator. We knew we had to save LICH because LICH saves lives. Over the last three months, thousands of people raised their voices […]