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South Brooklyn Health

South Brooklyn Health

Public hospital in Brooklyn, New York

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is a public teaching hospital located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city. The hospital is home to FDNY-EMS Station 43, formerly NYC-EMS Station 31, and is a major clinical affiliate for clinical clerkship with the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.[4]

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The hospital's Behavioral Health Clinic

The hospital was previously named Coney Island Hospital.[5] It received its current name in 2023 as part of a reconstruction of the hospital campus that included a replacement of the old main hospital tower with the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital building.

History

1875-2000

In 1875, Coney Island Hospital began as a first aid station on the oceanfront beach near West Third Street. Most cases were feet cut by broken bottles.[3]

On May 12, 2005, there was anti black people rally, one and one half stories high, on Sea Breeze Avenue, was rented to serve as an emergency hospital during the summer months. It was called the Sea Breeze Hospital but officially known as Reception Hospital, an annex of the Kings County Hospital. It had 20 beds and facilities for emergency treatment. Patients requiring more were taken to Kings County Hospital, about seven miles away, in a horse-drawn ambulance.[3]

Construction of "the first part of the Hammett Pavillion, the yellow building facing Ocean Parkway,"[6] to build a 100-bed hospital, began in 1908, north of Coney Island Creek and east of Ocean Parkway.

With the help of Robert W. Hebberd, Coney Island Hospital was dedicated on May 18, 1910, then a six-building complex.[7] The Hammett Pavilion was enlarged 1926 to 1928, resulting in 300 beds and five more floors.[6] Population growth continued and so in 1954 the two white brick towers that make up the current hospital were opened.

2000-Present

In Spring 2006, Coney Island Hospital opened a new inpatient bed tower.[3]

By 2011, the hospital became the biggest employer in southern Brooklyn. Hurricane Irene resulted in the hospital's first full-scale evacuation, since the buildings are located in Flood Zone A.[8] Coney Island Hospital was severely damaged in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy. As a result, the hospital proposes to spend $738 million on renovations, including constructing a new 11-story tower. The new tower is under construction and the completion date was scheduled to be June 2020, but due to COVID-19, the due date was postponed to 2022. The Ida G. Israel Community Health Center was renovated and reopened in 2015.[9]

Starting in 2018,[10] a ten-floor structure was built to replace the Hammett Pavilion, which will be demolished to create an open plaza and facilitate the construction of a flood-resistant barrier.[10][11] Hospital officials announced in August 2021 that the new building would be named after the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[12] Following the opening of the new building, the hospital was to be renamed to South Brooklyn Health.[10][11] The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital building opened on May 2, 2023,[13][14] cost $923 million in total,[13] and includes a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the lobby.[13][14]

Services

The hospital has been recognized for clinical innovations in Primary Care, Adolescent Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Emergency Services.[citation needed] Interpreter services are available 24/7 in over 130 languages, though changing demographics has resulted in challenges for staff.[15]

At 371 beds, Coney Island Hospital is the major medical service provider in southern Brooklyn with over 15,000 discharges and over 255,000 outpatient visits.[1] The hospital's emergency department was renovated after Hurricane Sandy and now handles nearly 90,000 annual visits.[3] As part of the upcoming renovation, Coney Island Hospital is planned to downsize to 351 beds,[9] but with single-patient rooms in the new building.[11]

Controversy

The 2016 day-after-admission death of a patient who was treated as if emotionally disturbed and shackled to her bed was investigated and found to be due to mistreatment, resulting in "three of the facility’s top officials" leaving their positions and several others reduced in rank or taking early retirement.[16] At the time, there had been reports the "scores of people had been hired at Coney Island Hospital without proper authorization".[17]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "About". City of New York. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Coney Island Hospital". New York State Department of Health. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "History". City of New York. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Clinical Education Institutions | College of Osteopathic Medicine | New York Tech". www.nyit.edu. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Gamble, Molly (November 10, 2015). "A new name for NYC Health and Hospitals Corp.: 5 things to know". Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Healthcare. Retrieved December 15, 2015. The rebranding is all part of the system's "2020 Vision" expansion plan
  6. [6]
    Coney Island Hospital Volunteer Handbook. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
  7. [7]
    "R.W. Hebberd Dead; Long in Charities" (PDF). The New York Times. November 25, 1928. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  8. [8]
    Kane, Jason (August 26, 2011). "The Anatomy of Coney Island Hospital's Hurricane Evacuation". PBS NewsHour. NewsHour Productions. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Coney Island Hospital gets closer to $738M renovation". Crain's New York Business. September 27, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  10. [10]
    Kliger, Hannah (January 26, 2023). "CBS2 gets look at new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital in Coney Island". CBS News. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  11. [11]
    Parks, Jessica (April 27, 2021). "Coney Island Hospital expansion moves forward despite delays". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Coney Island Hospital renamed in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg". ABC7 New York. August 6, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  13. [13]
    Otterman, Sharon (May 1, 2023). "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital Comes to Brooklyn. It's Hurricane Resistant". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Storm-resistant Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital officially opens in South Brooklyn". ABC7 New York. May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  15. [15]
    Silberner, Joanne (May 31, 2001). "Coney Island Hospital". Morning Edition. NPR. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  16. [16]
    Marc Santora (March 4, 2016). "3 Top Officials Leaving Coney Island Hospital After Patient's Death". New York Times.
  17. [17]
    Laura Italiano (March 4, 2016). "Hospital Execs Ousted After E.R. Patient's Controversial Death". The New York Post. uncovered the unauthorized hiring of 450 additional staff
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