Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan won't close Friday — but aims to quickly
Mount Sinai’s Beth Israel hospital in Downtown Manhattan will keep serving patients beyond Friday despite hospital officials' monthslong push to shut down by that day, according to a memo sent to staff Wednesday.
Mount Sinai has maintained for months an imminent closure is necessary because Beth Israel is losing money. It experienced an exodus of staff after the closure was announced. In Wednesday’s memo, hospital leaders said they have worked to recruit staff and hire temporary employees to keep the hospital functioning, but “have not been able to bring in all the staff that we would like to.”
Arthur Schwartz, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit against Beth Israel and a plaintiff in the case, took his 102-year-old mother there for care in May after she had a medical issue at her assisted living facility, according to an affidavit he submitted in the case. He said he wanted her to go to Beth Israel because he knew it would be less crowded than other Manhattan hospitals, but he said he had trouble convincing ambulance drivers that the facility was still accepting patients.
“It's unconscionable to me that a medical institution is closing because they want to make money,” said Torres, who is seeking to join the lawsuit.
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