Brooklyn officials storm LICH, protest SUNY’s closure plan
SUNY says it’s a 'rumor,' refuses to meet with officials
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) doctors say they’ve been told by SUNY Downstate administrators to transfer all their patients out by Friday so that LICH could be shut down by Sunday.
Dr. Alice Garner, head of the neonatal unit at LICH, said “I received verbal orders that we are to transfer all patients by tomorrow so they can shut us down by Sunday. We did not receive one written word to substantiate this. We were told the surgical areas and the G.I. suite will be closed tomorrow in direct violation of the restraining order, putting the community at risk.”
Dr. Garner said that only one baby was left in the neonatal unit. “They want to transfer the baby against the mother’s wishes,” she said. “I will not break the law.”