Peninsula Hospital

This Morning’s Headlines
This Morning’s Headlines
News Jay Lane 3/22/2012 at 6:25AM

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Doctors-in-training stage mutiny at Peninsula Hospital [Daily News]

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Trustee named, Peninsula expects to exit bankruptcy
Trustee named, Peninsula expects to exit bankruptcy
News Melissa Chan 3/21/2012 at 12:00PM

The court-ordered bankruptcy trustee appointed to take over all operations at Peninsula Hospital has been named, federal officials said. Lori Lapin Jones — a Long Island bankruptcy law attorney — was chosen by the U.S. Trustee’s office, an agency under the U.S. Department of Justice, to head the embattled Far Rockaway facility. “The trustee who [...]

Peninsula Hospital’s patients absorbed by other hospitals
News Melissa Chan 3/07/2012 at 9:48AM

While Peninsula Hospital struggles to stabilize itself financially, elected officials say they’re worried for already “overburdened” area hospitals receiving the brunt of patient overflow. “Other hospitals are overtaxed and overburdened as it is,” said Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder. “St. John’s [Episcopal Hospital] was overburdened when Peninsula was completely opened. Now that it’s closed, I can’t imagine [...]

HEALTH CRISIS
Editorial Queens Courier Staff 3/06/2012 at 3:42PM

Just when we thought Peninsula Hospital had gotten the life-saving CPR it needed, it seems the facility is once again flatlining. Late last month, the hospital was barred from accepting new patients after the State Department of Health (DOH) shut down the lab. Reportedly, there was expired blood plasma and staffers handling samples were not [...]

Peninsula Hospital’s problems persist
Peninsula Hospital’s problems persist
News Melissa Chan 3/06/2012 at 3:38PM

A sinking Peninsula Hospital has had to throw more than 200 workers overboard in a buoyant effort to stay afloat. Roughly 240 hospital employees were temporarily laid off, officials said, as the embattled facility continues to struggle with bankruptcy and emergency service shut downs. The sudden terminations were instituted short-term, officials said, in order to [...]

Peninsula will make payroll
News Melissa Chan 12/20/2011 at 12:58PM

The doors of Peninsula Hospital will be kept open, according to hospital officials. “We’re definitely reaching payroll,” said Liz Sulik, the hospital’s director of external affairs. The embattled Far Rockaway facility was previously in danger of not meeting payroll after December 26 without a cash infusion. But now, the hospital is “moving forward at a [...]

As Peninsula struggles, Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center has hope
News Melissa Chan 12/13/2011 at 1:38PM

Officials of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center — and 15 students in the complex’s Children’s Day Treatment program — have been granted an early Christmas wish. The health center and its treatment program have been housed by Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway for over 10 years. But over a month ago, Peninsula’s new [...]

Hope for health center in Far Rockaway
Hope for health center in Far Rockaway
News Melissa Chan 11/30/2011 at 12:52PM

Officials of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center — and 15 students in the complex’s Children’s Day Treatment program — are hoping they won’t be left out on the streets the second the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day. The health center and its treatment program have been housed by Peninsula Hospital in [...]

Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center has hope
News Melissa Chan 11/29/2011 at 4:13PM

Officials of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center — and 15 students in the complex’s Children’s Day Treatment program — are hoping they won’t be left out on the streets the second the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day. The health center and its treatment program have been housed by Peninsula Hospital in [...]

Could it be the spirit of the season?
Editorial Queens Courier Staff 11/29/2011 at 9:54AM

It might still be the worst way to start off a New Year. Officials of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in Far Rockaway — and 15 students in the complex’s Children’s Day Treatment program — are hoping they won’t be left on the street the second the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s [...]