Jeffries talks health care, immigration, Sandy at reporters’ roundtable
Central Brooklyn is facing a health care crisis with hospitals hemorrhaging money and “an infusion of resources” is needed to solve the problem, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told reporters during a roundtable discussion in his downtown Brooklyn office Thursday morning.
Jeffries (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Canarsie- Brighton Beach) pointed to the troubled financial situations at Long Island College Hospital (LICH), Brookdale Hospital and Interfaith Medical Center as examples of the health care dilemma hitting Brooklyn residents hard.
LICH is in the process of closing, although new owners will be taking over. Brookdale, which Jeffries described as being in “financial trauma” due to “mismanagement,” has a decent slot at survival because it is now under new management, the congressman said. “Interfaith is still in bankruptcy, but hopefully they will emerge soon,” he said.