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Old 02-08-2010, 09:49 PM
 
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It got worse today - the entire dialysis department was closed and 300 more lay offs.
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Old 02-09-2010, 06:47 PM
 
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The dialysis department is not closed. you cannot have a hospital without dialysis. the nephrology training program has been closed.
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:05 PM
 
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The hospital must treat everyone no matter what the ability to pay is
Really? So you Americans do have universal healthcare after all!
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:17 PM
 
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Really? So you Americans do have universal healthcare after all!
You misunderstand: a hospital must treat all emergent, acute illnesses. And then they bill you and can attach your property and bank accounts and put a lien on your home if you don't pay.

If the matter is not urgent, they do NOT have to treat a patient.
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Staten Island, New York
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The dialysis department is not closed. you cannot have a hospital without dialysis. the nephrology training program has been closed.

Dialysis is closed. Patients are being sent to other hospitals.
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Old 03-09-2010, 08:00 PM
 
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"NYU Medical Center is nowhere near St. Vincent's. It's just about alone on the lower WEST side. Further downtown is New York-Downtown (formerly Beekman Downtown)...but on the West Side there's St. Clare's (a hospital that fills me with trepidation)."

Actually St. Clare's closed a couple years ago. Roosevelt Hospital is in that general vicinity at 10th Ave and 59th...not a trauma center like St. Vinnie's but a good hospital with an excellent staff.
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