Thursday, December 5, 2013
NYC Hospitals Deception Dollars Deaths Rudin Blood Condos?
Reminder No Trauma L1 Hospital West Village instead thanks to Scott Stringer Chris Quinn Bloomberg 50 City Council Members No Hospital Instead Rudin Family Blood Condos!!!
Dear All :
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$3 million mystery. WNYC reportersJohn Keefe (Twitter : @jkeefe) and Andrea Bernstein (Twitter : @AndreaWNYC) are asking for the public's help to identify a medical care center in New York City, which has received $3 million in taxpayer money, but, which, according to the Moreland Commission's report on corruption, serves few, if any, real patients.
One may recall that the urgent care center operated byNorth Shore-LIJ/Lenox Hill Hospital in Chelsea was supposed to have received taxpayer money. But, according to YELP, that urgent care center appears to now be closed.
Could this be the mysterious facility that has received millions in taxpayer money in exchange for providing nonexistent medical care services to the community ?
If you have any information that may help WNYC, please contact their reporters by Twitter (@jkeefe or @AndreaWNYC) or by e-mail :newsroom@wnyc.org
Intentionally Deceptive Advertising. Several members of the community have complained this week that a sign that may constitute false advertising has been posted on the old O'Toole Buidling. Set to be the site of another urgent care center, which North Shore-LIJ/Lenox Hill Hospital plan to operate near the $1 billion Rudin luxury condominium complex, on the side of the old O'Toole Building facing Seventh Avenue South now hangs two signs, which identify the North Shore/Lenox Hill urgent care center as a "hospital."
These deceptive signs hang in spite of the fact that the urgent care center does not have the facilities, medical specializations, or certifications to treat heart attacks, among other critical, urgent, or trauma injuries, diseases, or maladies, according to New York City EMS ChiefAbdo Nahmod.
YouTube Link : http://youtu.be/0g2BDWkZhc4
Please see the attached photo, which shows one of the two deceptive signs :
Several Tweets have been posted about the deceptive signs. As of this writing, the healthcare advocacy group, NYC Is Not For Sale, which staged several protests outside St. Vincent's over the summer, has not responded to this Tweet :
But it's up to you to keep speaking up. If you agree that this sign constitutes false and deceptive advertising, please dial 311 and register a complaint with the city. Make sure you receive a confirmation number.
Thank you for all that you do.
Tell Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop closing our hospitals : 1 (518) 474-8390
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