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Operation Feed Brooklyn Works With Restaurants To Feed Hospital Workers

Photo via Operation Feed Brooklyn.BROOKLYN – Operation Feed Brooklyn [https://www.operationfeedbrooklyn.com/] is yet another great local initiative that organizes meal deliveries from local restaurants to those who need it, funded through donations. So far more than 12,000 meals, 8,500 coffees, and 1,500 snacks have been

Central Brooklyn

How To Save Everyone: Doc who Saved Hundreds After Las Vegas Mass Shooting Trains Colleagues in Brooklyn

FLATBUSH — On the night of the mass shooting [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/live-updates-two-people-are-dead-as-police-investigate] at the Las Vegas Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and wounded several hundred, Dr. Kevin Menes was on duty at nearby Sunrise Hospital. [https://sunrisehospital.com/]There, Dr. Menes, a night

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Legionella Found In Park Slope Hospital Water System

Photo by Donny Levit / Bklyner.PARK SLOPE – Legionella bacteria was found during a Department of Health inspection in the water system at the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. “The water supply of many large buildings and hospitals often contains small amounts of Legionella bacteria, and most people who are exposed

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Founders Ball to Highlight The Brooklyn Hospital Center and Mount Sinai Heart Collaboration

via The Brooklyn Hospital CenterKey sponsors and celebrities are showing their support of Brooklyn Hospital Foundation’s 2018 Founders Ball [https://www.tbh.org/ways-give/2018-founders-ball] to be held on Thursday, October 18, 6:30 pm, at NY Marriott/Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street, in Downtown Brooklyn. The evening will

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Safe Tips for Fun in the Sun

It’s easy to forget, while out enjoying a beautiful sunny day, that prolonged exposure to the sun can be dangerous – not just during the summer but all year long. It can lead to skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each

Central Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Earns Best Leapfrog Safety Grade in Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/] is proud to announce that they have received a B, the highest grade of all Brooklyn hospitals, for their commitment to keeping patients safe as measured by the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. In fact, no other hospital in New York City

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Critical Care at TBHC

Every morning in the Intensive Care Unit at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/], James Gasperino, MD, Chair of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Critical Care, convenes Morning Report. Here, the hospital’s most experienced intensive care physicians gather with every staff member

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Governor Cuomo Announces Nearly $700 Million for Central Brooklyn Healthcare

Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced $664 million in funding for a new, unified healthcare system in Central Brooklyn that would improve access to healthcare and create new jobs in an area of the city that needs it most. The money is part of

Central Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Staff Doing Medical Outreach Missions Abroad

Arguably, the very nature of a hospital’s work is “doing good” for their patients, families and community. However, for many at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [http://tbh.org], the “doing good” doesn’t stop at the end of the workday. Gary G. Terrinoni, President and Chief Executive Officer

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The Brooklyn Hospital Center and Mount Sinai Heart Collaborate to Provide Comprehensive Cardiac Care in Downtown Brooklyn

The [https://www.tbh.org/]Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/] and Mount Sinai Heart [http://www.mountsinai.org/care/heart] hosted a breakfast reception on November 16, to celebrate a clinical collaboration that provides access to comprehensive cardiac care in Downtown Brooklyn. The alliance makes it possible

Central Brooklyn

Flu Shots Now Available at Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care!

Via GoHealth Urgent CareAnnually, five to 20 percent of Americans fall ill with the flu, according to the CDC [https://www.cdcfoundation.org/businesspulse/flu-prevention-infographic]. Factor in life in New York City: hours spent in tight subway cars, small living quarters and cabs, and the threat of the flu can

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island’s Mental Health Services Are There For You

Via ShutterstockAsking for help is hard. And for many, it’s even harder when it comes to mental health. But the staff at NYC [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/services/behavioral-health-services/] Health + Hospitals/Coney Island [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/services/behavioral-health-services/] want the community to know that mental health

Central Brooklyn

Health and Wellness Open House This Wednesday: Giveaways, Activities, Info, and More!

It’s too often the case that we Flatbushers (Flatbushnicks? Flatbushians?) are unaware of some stellar resources available to us right in our own neighborhood. Maybe even on our own block. Sure, we notice those quaint signs for doctors, dentists, or psychiatrists outside stately Victorians along tree-lined streets. But we

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New Yorkers Urged to Get a Life-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screening

NYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hospitals/] launches series of retro social media images to remind New Yorkers ages 50-75 to get a colonoscopy. Photo via NYC Health + HospitalsNYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hospitals/] launched its annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month reminder to New Yorkers ages 50-75,

Central Brooklyn

Local Hero, Devoted Practitioner

Stefanie Fadel, Chief PA at Quality First Urgent Care [http://qualityfirsturgentcare.com/] is known as somewhat of a local hero due to her extensive medical experience, generous volunteer work, and success as a marathon champion all while fulfilling her role as devoted wife and mother of three. We sat down

Health

Beloved Pediatric Specialist Now Seeing Patients in Brooklyn

Efram Zuller has made a name for himself in the medical field, specifically in pediatrics, due to the high-quality of care he provides. We sat down with him to talk about everything from what drew him to medicine to what the future holds for this rising star. Efram Zuller, NP

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Church Avenue Welcomes New State of the Art Health Care Center (Sponsored)

A newly constructed, modern medical facility has come to our community. The Brooklyn Hospital [http://www.tbh.org] Center [http://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) has opened an ambulatory care facility at 2244 Church Avenue, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues. The hospital’s new, spacious Flatbush location offers primary care, dental

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Church Avenue Welcomes New State of the Art Health Care Center

A newly constructed, modern medical facility has come to our community. The Brooklyn Hospital [http://www.tbh.org] Center [http://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) has opened an ambulatory care facility at 2244 Church Avenue, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues. The hospital’s new, spacious Flatbush location offers primary care, dental

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Meet Physicians from Weill Cornell Medicine Brooklyn Practices (Sponsored)

As a Physical Therapist, having no barriers between the clinicians in our network has greatly expedited patient care and has saved them time, money and unneeded suffering. The benefits of practicing in an integrated medical setting have been many. Weill Cornell Medicine’s extensive network of hospitals and healthcare centers

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Meet Physicians from Weill Cornell Medicine Brooklyn Practices (Sponsored)

As a Physical Therapist, having no barriers between the clinicians in our network has greatly expedited patient care and has saved them time, money and unneeded suffering. The benefits of practicing in an integrated medical setting have been many. Weill Cornell Medicine’s extensive network of hospitals and healthcare centers

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Meet Physicians from Weill Cornell Medicine Brooklyn Practices (Sponsored)

As a Physical Therapist, having no barriers between the clinicians in our network has greatly expedited patient care and has saved them time, money and unneeded suffering. The benefits of practicing in an integrated medical setting have been many. Weill Cornell Medicine’s extensive network of hospitals and healthcare centers

Bensonhurst

Was Coney Island’s ‘Incubator Doctor’ Martin Couney A Fraud?

Photo via Coney Island History ProjectMuch ink has been spilled about Dr. Martin Couney, the famed — or infamous — incubator doctor, a medical pioneer who saved thousands of premature babies through his Coney Island side show exhibit at a time when mainstream hospitals were slow to adopt the newfangled incubator technology.

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Find Locally Grown Vegetables, Fruit & More At The New Farmers Market At Kings County Hospital

Beginning today, July 8, you can nab locally grown vegetables, fruit and flowers at the first-ever farmers market at Kings County Hospital [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/kchc/html/home/home.shtml] (451 Clarkson Avenue). The city Health and Hospitals Corporation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/news/

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How To Honor The Memory Of 2-Year-Old Neighbor Greta Greene, ‘A Bright Light To All Who Knew Her’

Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyFollowing the devastating death of 2-year-old neighbor Greta Greene [/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-who-was-hit-by-falling-bricks-on-upper-west-side] , who lived with her parents, Stacy and Jayson Greene, in Kensington, just across the border from Ditmas Park, we’ve been flooded with emails from neighbors who want to know how they

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Coney Island Hospital Gets A Bit Greener, More Resilient After Completing Energy Efficiency Project

Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Earlier this week we brought you the news that Coney Island Hospital will construct a new elevated tower structure for all critical services [/new-resilient-tower-planned-protect-coney-island-hospitals-critical-services/] , keeping them out of reach of flood waters in a future storm. Now, the hospital – the only