Don’t Close St. Vincent’s Emergency Room and Trauma Center

NEWS FROM
Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard N. Gottfried
822 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248 – Tel: 518-455-4941
250 Broadway, #2232, New York, NY 10007 – Tel: 212-312-1492 GottfrR@assembly.state.ny.us

Statement by NYS Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard N. Gottfried

“After 9/11, St. Vincent’s was the primary admitting hospital for the injured survivors,” said Assembly Health Committee chair Richard N. Gottfried. “Closing the St. Vincent’s Emergency Room and Level 1 Trauma Center would be devastating to the local community, and in the event of a catastrophe, would endanger the City. In the aftermath of September 11, the emergency room was expanded to be able to respond to everyday emergencies as well as large-scale disasters and mass-casualty events. We must do everything possible to protect St. Vincent’s, and especially its ER and TraumaCenter.”