Far Rockaway Peninsula Hospital faces bankruptcy and closure tomorrow

Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens might declare bankruptcy
tomorrow and is no longer accepting ambulance visits, WNYC reported.
Hospital officials are in last-minute negotiations with state health
officials and potential buyers to try and keep the 200-bed facility
open. The State Department of Health had set a deadline for the hospital
to present a plan for its financial viability, or else shut down,
which was extended to today from last week. Peninsula’s parent
network, Medisys Health, intends to withdraw its sponsorship after
today. As previously reported, the hospital owes tens of millions of
dollars
to the benefit fund of its main union and vendors. Its closure would follow that of other city hospitals such as
St. Vincent’s.
 [WNYC]

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