Maimonides unveils new emergency center
24-hour facility to fill void in Bay Ridge, Dyker and neighboring communities
Maimonides Medical Center offered a sneak peek of its brand new state-of-the-art emergency department on Wednesday — and the Brooklyn Eagle had a front row seat to both the preview and the ribbon cutting.
The one-level, 15,000-square foot center will be within the site of the former Victory Memorial Hospital, which closed its doors some 15 years ago.
“There has been a massive health care gap in this community since the loss of Victory Memorial,” Dr. Ahmed Rashed, medical director of the Maimonides Bay Ridge Emergency Department, told the Eagle. “We are here to bring a high level of care back to Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and all the other surrounding neighborhoods.”
Rashed pointed out that the facility will offer “all emergency services – from birth to death – including pediatrics, OB-GYN, mental health, cardiac, stroke, and orthopedics.”