The Rev. Al Sharpton, a local state senator, and hundreds of demonstrators rallied at an endangered hospital in Brooklyn, urging the state not to permanently close the health care center's doors. The community showed up in support of SUNY Downstate Hospital, emphasizing its vital role in providing healthcare services to underserved communities. Closing Downstate would leave hundreds of patients without easy access to healthcare and impact the training pipeline for healthcare professionals. Stakeholders, including clergy, elected officials, and union members, gathered to protest the planned closure, highlighting the urgent need to keep the hospital open.
The public is sending a clear message to the powers that be: #BrooklynNeedsDownstate. Central Brooklynβparticularly communities of colorβwill lose access to critical services if this vital teaching hospital is shuttered. https://t.co/mxcF70j785
Redetha is right. Black mothers have a higher mortality rate than white mothers, & SUNY Downstate is one of the few hospitals offering maternal healthcare to the community. Closing it would have catastrophic consequences. #BrooklynNeedsDownstate @UUPinfo @NYSPEF @NYSUTβ¦
More than 70% of residents who live near University Hospital at Downstate in Brooklyn oppose New York Stateβs plans to close the medical center, according to a poll. https://t.co/kORlZbt357
Hundreds of people in the community showed up at the #BrooklynNeedsDownstate rally because they wanted to show just how vital the hospital is to them. It was great to see so many @nysut, @uupinfo, @NYSPEF & @AFTunion members with them. https://t.co/a0Q5xvGpWh
Closing SUNY Downstate would leave hundreds of patients without easy access to healthcare. On top of that, it would close a pipeline for healthcare professionals to train in their field. #BrooklynNeedsDownstate @UUPinfo @NYSPEF @NYSUT https://t.co/4bJJ7BIMgC
We should have learned a life-saving lesson from the pandemic: there should be more quality health care in NYC, not less. #BrooklynNeedsDownstate, and Brooklyn needs a solution for SUNY Downstateβa hospital that's a vital resource for underserved communitiesβnot its closure. https://t.co/VAvypMCZIn
Downstate is vital to this community. It needs to stay open, not closed. I said when we rallied last week that this was a #CodeRed emergency, and I meant it. Why are we cost-cutting rather than expanding care in Brooklyn? #BrooklynNeedsDownstate https://t.co/viBg9Q1x12
We had an amazing rally today to make it clear: #BrooklynNeedsDownstate! Clergy, electeds , members & leaders from @uupinfo, @nysut, @NYSPEF, @AFTunion & others gathered in the cold to fight against the planned closure. https://t.co/AnpNZxc38F
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a local state senator and hundreds of demonstrators rallied at an endangered hospital in Brooklyn. They urged the state not to permanently close the health care centerβs doors. https://t.co/SHREjTljRX
In Brooklyn at the rally to Save Downstate Hospital. The hospital is threatened with closure due to funding, it is vital for health services in Central Brooklyn. https://t.co/jqoinpgWPS
Brooklyn Needs SUNY Downstate Hospital Rally https://t.co/6XR6utcXKX
Rally against plans to close SUNY Downstate Hospital in Brooklyn https://t.co/n5c9IzonsJ https://t.co/tnK9qbfFcy
As SUNY Chancellor John King pushes to close Downstate hospital in BK he has said the bulk of inpatient care can go to Kings County hospital across the street. But NYCHH CEO says thatβs βnot physically possible.β https://t.co/PMddXASEUy
SUNY Downstate may close Brooklyn hospital. No one knows where its 150 daily patients will go. https://t.co/O1OoORXuTR