Brooklyn gets $210 million to renovate overcrowded hospitals

Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Flatbush and East New York get new facilities and equipment


Brooklyn healthcare facilities will get an influx of cash through One Brooklyn Health, a new $210 million initiative, according to an article on the Brooklyn Patch website.

Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Flatbush and East New York get new facilities and equipment.

About $140 million will be designated for projects to improve primary care facilities, more than $30 million will toward opening and expanding 11 community health centers, and $40 million will bring more ambulatory care locations to underserved neighborhoods, the article said.

for instance, The Medical Village at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center will get five ambulatory surgery centers equipped for outpatient surgery, an imaging center, and a comprehensive center for patient support, rehab and palliative care.

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July 18, 2018


Topic Area: Renovations


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