Interfaith to stay open to at least March 7
Interfaith Medical Center got an early Christmas present with the announcement that Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Health will provide $8 million to go towards keeping it open and operational until March 7, 2014.
The struggling 230-bed hospital filed for bankruptcy on July 31, 2013—the second time it did so in a year—following cuts to federal Medicaid reimbursements. However, residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Central Brooklyn have refused to let an integral part of the regional healthcare system go without a fight.
Interfaith’s initial proposed closure plan would have had it shut down by mid-December, but that timetable has been postponed repeatedly as unions and supporters engage in legal battles and mediation to try and find an alternative solution to bankruptcy and closure.