OPINION: Keep SUNY Downstate open and public
Each day, thousands of people depend on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for emergency medical care and vital health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in danger of being closed or privatized for more than two years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state budget that would open the door to as many as five corporations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.