New York state officials are discussing options with unions and physicians of Brooklyn-based Long Island College Hospital that could save the facility from a total shutdown, according to a report by the New York Times.
State University of New York officials voted most recently in March to close the Long Island hospital, which is part of the cash-strapped SUNY Downstate Medical Center, because LICH was losing $1 million each week. Weeks of protests against the closure followed led by the hospitals' physicians, union employees and community members claiming the hospital was needed in the area.
It's still unclear how the hospital will be financially sustainable, as the state has not promised any additional financial support to keep the facility solvent, and leaders representing physicians and unions have claimed LICH's dismal financial history makes it unsellable without a stronger fiscal forecast and public funding guarantees, according to the report.
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State University of New York officials voted most recently in March to close the Long Island hospital, which is part of the cash-strapped SUNY Downstate Medical Center, because LICH was losing $1 million each week. Weeks of protests against the closure followed led by the hospitals' physicians, union employees and community members claiming the hospital was needed in the area.
It's still unclear how the hospital will be financially sustainable, as the state has not promised any additional financial support to keep the facility solvent, and leaders representing physicians and unions have claimed LICH's dismal financial history makes it unsellable without a stronger fiscal forecast and public funding guarantees, according to the report.
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