Long Island College Hospital Set To Shut Down On May 22

[hrmjustin]

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — After a lengthy battle Long Island College Hospital will officially close next week.

Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to stop the closure, and it did seem just months ago that he’d managed to save LICH, but on May 22 the SUNY Downstate facility will close it’s doors for good after a deal between LICH’s owner and Brooklyn Health Partners fell apart last week, 1010 WINS reported.

The hospital said on Friday that all patients will be discharged and transferred to other hospitals and long term care facilities next Thursday.

The hospital stopped accepting 911 ambulances to the its emergency room this past Thursday.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/16/long-island-college-hospital-set-to-shut-down-on-may-22/

[shenmue]

1. :(

Sad.

[hrmjustin]

2. All we see now aare hospital closures here now. sad!

[bananas]

3. "all patients will be discharged and transferred" to where, exactly?

There's only four places Long Island could send them:
1) NYC
2) LI Sound
3) Atlantic Ocean
4) The Twilight Zone

[hrmjustin]

4. Long Island College Hospital is in Brooklyn.