tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post5294815532079097825..comments2024-03-19T14:27:56.952-04:00Comments on mcbrooklyn: How Can SUNY Downstate Design a Brooklyn Healthcare Network When They Can't Run LICH?mcbrooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327814383697990623noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-20640120923102265392013-07-05T16:21:26.068-04:002013-07-05T16:21:26.068-04:00for more information
http://redhookstar.wordpress...for more information<br /><br />http://redhookstar.wordpress.com/category/lich/George Fialahttp://www.redhookstar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-64560368689149645142013-07-05T15:56:00.521-04:002013-07-05T15:56:00.521-04:00I doubt that there is no one in this or the entire...I doubt that there is no one in this or the entire Brooklyn community that is willing to stand up to Governor Cuomo to protect themselves and their families from the risk to their lives that SUNY Downstate officials are forcing upon them. In fact, I think that this whole community is willing to stand up to Governor Cuomo and demand that he step up with some leadership, protect Brooklyn patients, stop the dismantling of LICH, and resume its hospital services. Actually, I think they're willing to do it right now & are doing so. LICH belongs to them - the community - the public, not SUNY or its henchmen Dr John Williams, Dr Michael Lucchese, George Caralis, or M Karkenny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-455610207946814932013-07-05T13:23:42.366-04:002013-07-05T13:23:42.366-04:00Not much anyone from LICH can do about it. It come...Not much anyone from LICH can do about it. It comes from the Gov and no one, I repeat no one is willing to stand up to him. Better suck it up as LICH is already getting sold right now. Not the main building but others. When dust settles Cuomo will have Downstate sell off the remains of LICH after he stood there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-69927448134850672102013-07-05T10:09:53.582-04:002013-07-05T10:09:53.582-04:00The downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods need a communi...The downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods need a community hospital that can meet the new health challenges of the future, especially the aging baby boomers. Why are the bureaucrats planning to close the hospital, when anyone with common sense knows that the aging baby boomers, who want to live active lives, will put new demands on Brooklyn's health-care system? There needs to be an evaluation and a comprehensive plan as to how LICH can be positioned to be in the forefront of innovative technology, and services to meet the health challenges of the baby boomers. Boomers have lived through an amazing array of medical advances, from polio vaccine to radical heart surgery, and that trend will continue over the next two decades. Procedures like minimally invasive surgery, new imaging techniques that "see" through the skin, and remote care technologies will improve the quality of many Boomers' lives allowing them new opportunities. Other hospitals throughout the country have recognized the future needs of the "boomers" and are building new hospitals to meet these challenges. Why can't LICH do the same?<br /><br />There are plenty of successful hospitals that could serve as a model for LICH. <br /><br />A good example of a hospital for the future is the SUMMA hospital network in Akron, Ohio, which has put together a network of hospitals and 1,000 doctors that serve a half million patients in NE Ohio each year. They also have a subscription health plan, like Kaiser Permanente in California, called SummaCare, which provides medical coverage for more than 80,000 members in Northeast Ohio. All of the small adjacent communities have satellite facilities, including the small town where my brother lives, which has a SUMMA wellness center that features the latest in fitness equipment and includes a 25-meter lap pool, a full gymnasium, a walk/jog track, 2 group exercise studios, strength training and cardio equipment. SUMMA understands the importance of wellness centers for the aging baby boomers. Another hospital trend is physician-owed hospitals. SUMMA has a physician-hospital joint venture between Summa Health System and Crystal Clinic and Orthopaedic Center, located on the Summa St. Thomas Hospital campus in Akron.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232434398532104101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-11104843845539787682013-07-04T21:33:52.822-04:002013-07-04T21:33:52.822-04:00I vote McBrooklyn for BP!! Thank you for seeing s...I vote McBrooklyn for BP!! Thank you for seeing so clearly what is being done to LICH & what some of our elected officials ( Senator Adams & Parker, et al) have turned a blind to while proposing the new bill setting up this SUNY "Brooklyn Trust Network". I'd like to copy this blog piece & hand it out all over the borough. Brooklyn, WAKE UP & demand your Governor come to his senses, stop the insanity & save LICH (which is still open & can still survive & thrive once it gets rid of the SUNY cannibals).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-73555975744848462392013-07-03T22:34:20.918-04:002013-07-03T22:34:20.918-04:00Yes! Finally someone speaks the truth. They have...Yes! Finally someone speaks the truth. They have utterly misnangvtheirvown hospital and ruined LICH and now they want MORE money and power! No way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115186244191047094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-57104416641243008132013-07-03T12:24:20.964-04:002013-07-03T12:24:20.964-04:00Thank you for this article, the word need to be sp...Thank you for this article, the word need to be spread!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154580569513471740.post-8926570935251105202013-07-03T09:38:19.665-04:002013-07-03T09:38:19.665-04:00It seems that someone is out to make a lot of mone...It seems that someone is out to make a lot of money selling off the LICH real estate. Governor Cuomo's name has even been mentioned. After Superstorm Sandy many hospitals have been basically destroyed. Som e have reopened, some have not. It seems. Very irresponsible to voluntarily close a viable hospital, which by the way was not touched by Sandy wven though it is close to water. Ambulances are rerouted away from LICH. Once something is taken away from a community, it never comes back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com