Crown Heights Hospitals Among Deadliest in U.S.
Multiple New York hospitals received the dubious distinction of being among the least safe health care institutions in the country, according to a new study by Consumer Reports. Among them: Crown Heights’ Kings County Hospital and nearby Brookdale Hospital.
From Pix 11 New York:
Consumer Reports studied 2,600 U.S. hospitals based on several safety criteria, including the incidents of hospital acquired infections, unnecessary readmissions, mortality and communication about new medicine.
“Even if you’re at the best hospital in the world, mistakes can happen,” said Doris Peter, who spearheaded the project.
The tested facilities scored between 11 and 78 on a scale of 100. Consumer Reports notes that the average score of hospitals is 51, with 43 facilities scoring below 30.
The findings show that, in general, urban hospitals fare worse than their suburban counterparts.
Among the best hospitals in New York are:
• St. Francis in Rosalyn
• John Mather Memorial in Port Jefferson
• Southampton Hospital
• Winthrop University Medical Center in Mineola
• NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan
Among the worst hospitals in the area are:
• Flushing Hospital
• Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx
• Glen Cove Hospital
• Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn
• Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn
Some 440,000 Americans are killed by hospital infections every year, making it the third largest killer after heart disease and cancer.
A New York woman contracted MRSA, a super staph infection resistant to most antibiotics, while undergoing spinal surgery at the now-shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital in the Village.
“I could have been dead. If I stayed home by myself, I would’ve died,” Maryann Roesler said.
Multiple surgeries later, Roesler still can’t walk unassisted and lives knowing that the infection could return.
Lorraine Schiano’s 21-year-old son died at a Manhattan hospital from sepsis, an infection in his blood, 10 years ago. Nicholas Schiano was put on antibiotics and moved to the ICU during the day and that night was dead.
His mother can’t help but wonder if more could have been done, like identifying the problem and starting antibiotics earlier. Or being more aware cleanliness.
“His toothbrush was out on the counter and could get a germ on that, maybe a visitor had a cold?” she wondered aloud.
Experts say most hospital-acquired infections are preventable with better hand washing, medicine tracking and communication. Some facilities have changed procedures to eliminate their infection rate altogether.
Patients are urged to research their local hospitals before committing to a facility and, when they’re there, ask questions about the medication being prescribed and the procedures being followed to keep them safe and healthy.
Kings county
does hatzolo take patients to kings county?
Yes
The emergency room is actually quite good because it sees a lot of serious action and the Dr.s are thus quite experienced. This article doesn’t really make these important distinctions.
beenthereanddonethat
to be clear… kings county is in east flatbush and brookdale is in east new york….i totally believe that the most deadly hospital in brooklyn is coney island hospital… the results are the same as juping off the gw bridge; but just takes longer
crown heights
considering that i work ems and take people to all hospitals, i will say that interfaith it the worst in brooklyn, followed by brookdale,beth israel and ny community hospital. kings county and coney island both have amazing emergency rooms as does kings brook and downstate. the article takes long term care and many other things into consideration. it lists NYU on top and it just reopened its emergency room after over a year being closed.
chayaf
New york presbyterian/columbia University is actually number 1 in NY As per US news and world report of the best hospitals in the country.
i like methodist
actually you have to watch where ever you go,they are very warm and caring
Confused
Southampton hospital looks like a big clinic with limited staff and doctors. How are they from the best of NY?