Report: State Eyes Closure of SUNY Downstate Hospital Near Crown Heights

New York Post

The state is reportedly planning to dramatically downsize or even close SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

The Big Apple’s only state-run medical hospital has been plagued by low patient enrollment, annual operating deficits of about $100 million and a deteriorating hospital building – information administrators shared this week with staff doctors, the New York Times reported Saturday.

The East Flatbush medical center is across the street from city-run Kings County Hospital, so the changes would not leave central Brooklyn without a hospital.

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One Comment

  • a yid

    and they just spent millions rebuilding the whole thing just a few years ago! just shows how inefficient Gov. is in managing anything. They have no one to answer to.

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