Brookdale Hospital, Are you next to close?

Brookdale has been in the red for years. The state tried to help it by merging it with Kingsbrook medical center which was in the black, but just barely. Kingsbrook knew that if they merged with a sinking ship that it will lead them into failure so they told the state that they agree to the merger only after brookdale pays off all its debts (knowing all too well that brookdale can't do that).

Because of this, brookdale is slowly sinking and Kingsbrook was denied some state assistance. Now I hear that Kingsbrook is about to lay off 200 of its staff. Kingsbrook is small and a 200 staff reduction is the beginning of the end. Their CEO is about to jump ship and retire as well

Also, Brookdale is the go to emergency room for any shootings in the ENY-Brownsville area. If they close you'd have to schlep all those victims to KCH which is about 15 minutes further away.

KCHC - ER, inpatient, ambulatory - is already as overwhelmed as can be, despite what the Berger Commission may think. It will only get worse once Interfaith closes. Plus, your typical HHC administrator is not that bright, so any plans they devise are sure to flop and cost five times more than originally believed.