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NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Barbot Resigns Amid Pandemic

Dr. Oxiris Barbot. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot, who clashed with the mayor amid the pandemic, suddenly announced her resignation this morning. In her resignation letter, she wrote, “I leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public

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NYC Hospitals Use Emojis To Promote Reproductive & Sexual Health In Teens

Dr. Ram Raju, President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, announced a new public awareness campaign this week designed to promote the health care services that are most utilized by New Yorkers aged 12 to 21 at neighborhood centers in the City’s public health care system. Emphasizing sexual and

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Treyger Demands Answers About Pace Of Recovery Projects At Sandy-Impacted Hospitals

Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)City Councilman Mark Treyger pressed city officials last week about the sluggish pace of recovery projects at Superstorm Sandy-affected public hospitals. Speaking Tuesday at an oversight hearing for the Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, chaired by Treyger, the councilman demanded to

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Local Hospitals Receive 1-2 Stars In Latest CMS Ranking [Updated]

Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of Coney Island Hospital and Maimonides Medical Center, based on information from Healthcare Finance News. Since its posting, the ratings on that site have been adjusted

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One-Third Of Kids Screened In Sandy-Hit Areas Show Signs Of Post-Traumatic Stress – Free Mental Health Services Available

One of the ads the DOH is running in bus shelters over the next two months.One third of children and teenagers in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy that have accessed a free program offering mental health services have shown signs of post-traumatic stress and other mental health conditions, according

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Borough President Wants Brooklyn Burn Center Following Midwood Blaze

Source: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP’s OfficeBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams yesterday launched a campaign to establish a burn center in the city’s most populous borough – and pledged funds for promising proposals – following the tragic Midwood fire that left seven children dead this weekend. Currently, the only burn centers

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Brooklyn Hospital Center Expanding With 10 New Urgent Care Outposts

With the closure of Long Island College Hospital, the precarious existence of Interfaith Medical Center, and the overall 50% drop in number of borough hospitals since the 1980s, much (perfectly sensible) hand wringing has been done over Brooklyn’s becoming a medical desert–but it seems The Brooklyn Hospital Center

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Coney Island Hospital Wins Maternity Care Award For Third Consecutive Year

Source: Gregory MaizousConey Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) nabbed Healthgrades 2014 Maternity Care Excellence Award, marking the third consecutive year it has been recongized as one of the best hospitals for mothers and their offspring during and after childbirth. Healthgrades is an organization that evaluates and ranks healthcare services at

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The Day: A Stolen Bike, Free Cash and a “Battle for Brooklyn” Screening

Flowers drank up the recent rain and bloomed in earnest this week. (Photo by Brien Foy)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We were able to avoid the stormy weather yesterday and will likely avoid it again today, according to the National Weather Service. With expected temperatures only rising

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The Day: Advocates Install Speed Signage and the Barclays Center’s “Zen Den”

We’re finally getting back near-seasonable temperatures in the nabe today. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Snow that was supposed to dust us yesterday missed the city entirely, but clouds still stopped sunshine from warming local sidewalks. Today we’ll get mostly sunny skies,

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Meet Madison Rae Merrill, The First Baby Born At Coney Island Hospital In 2014

The labor and delivery team at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) delivered the hospital’s first tot of 2014 at 12:22 a.m. on January 1, welcoming Madison Rae Merrill into the world. Madison is the 7-pound-5-ounce, 19.5-inch child bringing joy to mom, Allison Zimbler, and pop,

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Feeling Down? Coney Island Hospital To Offer Free Depression Screening & Counseling Tomorrow

Source: Gregory MaizousI don’t know about you, but this chilly, grey weather has got me feeling such that all I want to do is curl up into a ball in the corner of my office and have myself a little cry. I’m sure I can’t be the

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Coney Island Hospital Hosts World Breastfeeding Week Events, Today Through Next Week

We’re sorry for the late notice on this, but our friends at Coney Island Hospital (2501 Ocean Parkway) are putting on a week-long celebration of breastfeeding, beginning this morning and lasting until Monday. The events are listed on the flier above. There will be giveaways and raffles, as well

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Coney Island Hospital Doctor Honored For Leadership

Source: Gregory MaizousA Coney Island Hospital doctor was honored for her leadership in helping advance the cause of the public hospital system. Olga Golubovskaya, an MD and an associate chair of Rehabilitation Medicine at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway), was one of eight Brooklyn doctors and 28 city doctors

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Report: Rating Hospitals Is Confusing And All Over The Place

Photo by Maria DanalakisPBS just published an article that delves into the complicated and confusing world of hospital grading, a system that is baffling people as to how effective and reliable their hospital choices are. Hospitals are graded by a wide range of rating organizations, all using different metrics to

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For Hospitals In Flood Zones, Planning Of Infrastructure Now Vital

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oF2UIGZjQU?rel=0] We’ve extensively covered the mayhem and damage visited upon Coney Island Hospital since Superstorm Sandy flooded its basement and first floor and knocked out its power late last October. A Metrofocus report now looks to the future as Coney

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Methodist Hospital Performs Poorly, May Lose Federal Funding

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun evaluating hospitals around the country, and it looks like New York City’s may not fare so well. The New York World reports that based on past data that analyzes patient satisfaction, local hospitals could face penalties of “up

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Russian-Speaking Community Trails NYC In Colon Cancer Screening Rates

It’s really easy to joke about colonoscopies. Like the one about Johnnie Cochran’s first checkup, when, through clenched teeth, he reminded the doc that if the camera don’t fit, he must acquit. Or the guy who asked his doctor to provide a note for his wife making

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Kings Highway’s Beth Israel Med Center Goes Green

Beth-Israel Medical Center at 3201 Kings Highway took a leap into green tech last Wednesday. A 12-ton clean energy co-generation system was hoisted by crane onto the roof of the Kings Highway Division. The center expects to save $455,000 annually in utility bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent

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Give “The Gift Of Life” At CIH Blood Drive

Give the Gift of Life. Source: NY Blood CenterConey Island Hospital and the New York Blood Center (NYBC) will be joining forces to host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m., June 20 in the second floor conference room of the hospital’s main building, 2601 Ocean Parkway