Media Mentions

Brooklyn Hospital Receives Grant to Boost Colorectal Cancer Screening
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, August 12, 2024 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has been awarded a grant from Exact Sciences’ FOCUS Program and is one of 28 organizations sharing $1.5 million to improve colorectal cancer screening rates, making healthcare more accessible for underserved communities. (read more)

U.S. News Announces the 2024-2025 Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access
MSN, July 18, 2024 — Hospitals that care for a larger proportion of more vulnerable patients are faced with challenges, such as lower reimbursement from certain insurers, that can limit their ability to provide much-needed services to their communities. Yet some hospitals break the mold by demonstrating excellence in quality while also caring for numerous patients from vulnerable communities. (read more)

2024-2025 Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access
US NEWS, July 17, 2024 — Hospitals on this expanded list [including The Brooklyn Hospital Center] were recognized for excellent performance in both quality and measures related to access to care for historically underserved communities. (read more)

The 2024 Brooklyn Power 100
CITY & STATE NY, July 1, 2024 — In the nine years Gary Terrinoni has led The Brooklyn Hospital Center, he has launched a redevelopment plan for the 464-bed medical center, opened a physicians pavilion and dialysis center, integrated electronic medical records throughout his network and finished an emergency department renovation. . (read more)

Med-Metrix Announces 10-Year End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management Partnership with The Brooklyn Hospital Center
TMCNET, May 30, 2024 — Med–Metrix, a leading provider of technology–enabled, Revenue Cycle Management ("RCM") solutions, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center have entered a ten–year partnership, that will make Med–Metrix the exclusive provider of RCM services. (read more)

Med-Metrix Announces 10-Year End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management Partnership with The Brooklyn Hospital Center
PR NEWSWIRE, May 30, 2024 — Med–Metrix, LLC, a leading provider of technology–enabled, Revenue Cycle Management solutions, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center have entered a 10–year partnership that will make Med–Metrix the exclusive provider of RCM services. TBHC is an independent community hospital and since 1845, TBHC is renowned for providing outstanding health services, education and research to the Brooklyn community. (read more)

Gala for Historic Brooklyn Hospital, Founded 1845, Hosted in Beaux-Arts Court of Brooklyn Museum, Founded 1823
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 22, 2024 — Photos from the gala in a special "In Brooklyn" section of the Daily Eagle. (view PDF)

Sold Out Gala for Brooklyn’s Oldest Hospital Attracts 650 Guests and Raises $1.33M
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 22, 2024 — The grand Beaux-Arts Court of the Brooklyn Museum was the setting May 20 for the Founders Ball of Brooklyn’s oldest hospital. The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation celebrated the pivotal role played by The Brooklyn Hospital Center, founded in 1845, in service as Brooklyn’s “heart of healing.” (read more)

PM Pediatrics Cobble Hill Closing — Pediatric Urgent Care Options in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARENTS, April 21, 2024 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center finished a major Emergency Department renovation in the summer of 2022. This renovation significantly improves the hospital’s response to traumatic injury and illness, and has resulted in a state-of-the-art facility with a separate pediatric emergency room. The pediatric ED provides emergency services to infants, children and adolescents from birth to age 21 and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (read more)

The Art of Healing: How Interior Designers Can Impact Healthcare Environments Through Visuals
HEALTHCARE DESIGN, March 19, 2024 — At The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Physician Pavilion clusters of lighting sconces arranged in artful compositions can add much-needed visual interest to public and clinical areas alike when an art program or budget isn’t in place yet. (read more)

6 Reasons To Require Credentials Of Grant Writers
THE NON-PROFIT TIMES, February 27, 2024 — If your plan for 2024 includes hiring a grant professional, considering the credentials held by applicants will help you identify and hire a highly qualified employee... According to Egondu Onuoh, vice president of real estate and special programs at the Brooklyn Hospital Center In Brooklyn, New York, and president of the board at the Grant Professional Certification Institute, the GPC credential allows you to quickly identify candidates with verified grantsmanship mastery. (read more)

New Director of Spiritual Care Appointed at TBHC
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, January 10, 2024 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has appointed Father Francis Joojo Obu-Mends, a distinguished member of the Spiritan international religious missionary congregation, as the full-time Chaplain and Director of the Spiritual Care Department. (read more)

‘Heart of a Lion’: Student Returns After Cardiac Surgery
THE TABLET, November 1, 2023 — In sports, you’ve surely heard the saying: “You gotta have heart!” This can be interpreted two ways. “Heart” is the passion and the grit to play a sport while persevering through any challenges relating to the score, the elements, or the underdog mentality. Really though, when thinking about sports, it’s so important that someone’s beating heart organ works properly in order to handle the physical exertion during competition. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Named Among Best Regional Hospitals
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, October 10, 2023 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) at 121 DeKalb Ave.in Downtown Brooklyn has been named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report in its 2023–2024 “Best Hospitals” rankings. (read more)

Hospital Community, NYPD Host Outdoor Baby Shower for Maternity Patients
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, October 4, 2023 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center recently hosted a community baby shower in neighboring Fort Greene Park, for about 30 expectant parents. (read more)

7 Places Black Widows Spiders Are Hiding in Your Home
BEST LIFE, September 11, 2023 — According to researchers at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, St. Luke's University Health Network, and Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine, black widow encounters tend to peak in late summer and early fall. (read more)

How Systems are Slimming the C-Suite
BECKERS HOSPITAL REVIEW, September 5, 2023 — The summer has marked a period of transformation for health system C-suites as industry pressures mount. Some executives are absorbing the jobs of two individuals in an increased push toward integration. (read more)

New York Hospital CIO Takes On Chief Medical Officer Duties
BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW, May 23, 2023 — Sam Amirfar, MD, CIO of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center, has also been named the facility's chief medical officer. He had served as chief medical information officer of the hospital since 2014 before transitioning from that role to medical chief in May. He has been CIO since 2018 and will continue to lead IT. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Raises Over $1M at Annual Founder’s Ball
BROOKLYN PAPER, May 23, 2023 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center hosted their signature fundraising event, the Founder’s Ball, on Monday at the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate the center’s recent progress and the hospital’s Blueprint for Excellence. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Appoints New Chief Medical Officer
BROOKLYN PAPER, May 23, 2023 — The borough’s first hospital, the Brooklyn Hospital Center has announced the appointment of a new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sam Amirfar. (read more)

Mayor Adams, City Planning Director Garodnick Unveil Planning Framework to Guide Continued Revitalization of Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene as Vibrant, 24/7 Neighborhoods
NYC.GOV, May 8, 2023 — New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) Director and City Planning Commission (CPC) Chair Dan Garodnick today unveiled the Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene "Eds and Meds" Framework, which will promote and guide the area's economic recovery and continued inclusive growth as a vibrant, 24/7 neighborhood. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center to Host Annual Founder’s Ball May 22
BROOKLYN PAPER, May 19, 2023 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center will be holding their signature fundraising event, the Founder’s Ball, on May 22 at the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate the center’s recent progress and the hospital’s Blueprint for Excellence. (read more)

Downtown Brooklyn ‘Eds and Meds’ Plan Expands
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 10, 2023 — Mayor Eric Adams and Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick unveiled the Downtown Brooklyn “Eds and Meds” plan, which will serve as a framework for growth around the neighborhood’s core industries of education and health care, including strategies to promote affordable housing, good jobs, walkability and safe public spaces, as Long Island University and the Brooklyn Hospital Center consider development and expansion plans. (read more)

New York City's Framework for Downtown Brooklyn Aims to Create 24/7 District
NEW YORK BUSINESS JOURNAL, May 9, 2023 — New York City released a framework for redevelopment and economic growth in Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene this week that outlines plans to create a 24/7 neighborhood by making opportunities for housing, jobs and public space. (read more)

Mayor Adams, City Planning Director Garodnick Unveil Planning Framework to Guide Continued Revitalization of Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene as Vibrant, 24/7 Neighborhoods
NYC.GOV, May 8, 2023 — "Eds and Meds" Framework Outline Strategies to Promote Inclusive Growth, Family-Sustaining Jobs, Affordable Housing, High-Quality Public Spaces for Brooklyn's Largest Economic Hub. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Community Blood Drive
PATCH, April 20, 2023 — To make an appointment, you can visit nybc.org/donate or text 732-616-8736. Appointments encouraged, Walk-ins welcome. Please help spread the word. (read more)

In Major Victory for NY Hospitals, Schumer, Higgins, King Secure Extension of Key Deadline Allowing Hospital Modernization Projects to Move Forward
HIGGINS, April 4, 2023 — Today, U.S Senators Charles E. Schumer, Representatives Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY) announced that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jacob J. Lew have agreed to their request to extend an important construction completion deadline for capital and other projects at New York State hospitals and other health facilities, paid for with federal dollars. (read more)

Eli Lilly Caps Insulin Costs at $35
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, March 2, 2023 — Diabetes is an epidemic in NYC, and affects roughly 10% of Brooklyn residents, according to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, with rates projected to continue to rise for years to come. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Community Blood Drive
PATCH, March 2, 2023 — A blood drive was held at The Brooklyn Hospital Center on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (read more)

Frailty Associated With Lower PCI Utilization, More Readmissions After STEMI
HEALIO, February 23, 2023 — “Compared with non‐frail counterparts, frailty is associated with extended hospital stays and increased hospitalization index costs, especially after PCI,” Joseph Heaton, MD, MBA, MBS, of the department of internal medicine at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

Medical supplies donated by overseas groups to Linden Hospital
STABROEK NEWS, February 7, 2023 — Dr Keith Cummings in collaboration with the Georgetown Lions Club, Linden Fund Canada and Linden Fund USA on Friday donated medical supplies to the Linden Hospital Complex. The supplies, valued $974,226 (US$4,871), included gloves, masks, reusable and disposable gowns, adult briefs, respirators, IV drip sets, nasal cannula, eye goggles, and shields. (read more)

Simulation as a Teaching Strategy
HEALTHCARE TECH OUTLOOK, February 3, 2023 — Elizabeth Blodgett Horsley, Director of Simulation, The Brooklyn Hospital Center has seen the trajectory of simulation as a teaching strategy go from somewhat of a novelty that was only in big academic health centers, to now being a commonly accepted teaching strategy across health professions in various configurations of institutions. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Earns Stroke Center Certification
CRAINS NY, February 3, 2023 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has again earned a Primary Stroke Center designation from the state Department of Health, the hospital announced Thursday. The certification recognizes health care organizations that are committed to continuous patient care improvement. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Black History Month Blood Drive
PATCH, February 3, 2023 — Please make an appointment to give blood at The Brooklyn Hospital Center on Thursday, February 16 between noon and 6:00 pm. To make an appointment, you can text 732-616-8736. (read more)

Simulation as a Teaching Strategy
HEALTHCARE TECH OUTLOOK, February 3, 2023 — “Simulation refers to the recreation of realistic situations for teaching or training. Simulation is often associated with high-tech patient mannequin-type units or standardized patients who are actors trained to portray a specific condition or situation,” according to Elizabeth Blodgett Horsley, Director of Simulation, The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

MOC Launches Expansion Into The Brooklyn Hospital With The Help Of Longtime Supporter Gavin DeGraw
MUSICIANS ON CALL, February 2, 2023 — Musicians On Call launched their expansion into The Brooklyn Hospital today with the help of multi-Platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw. A longtime MOC supporter, DeGraw performed for patients, families and caregivers in the hospital’s pediatric unit. (read more)

Mayor Adams, American College of Lifestyle Medicine Announce $44 Million to Offer Lifestyle Medicine Foundational Training to Every NYC Health Care Practitioner
NYC.GOV, December 5, 2022 — New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine today announced a new partnership — as a result of a massive $44 million investment by ACLM — to provide every New York City health care practitioner with free introductory training in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, enabling practitioners to integrate evidence-based content into their clinical practice to treat certain health conditions. (read more)

A Borough Takes Charge: Brooklyn is in the House and Senate
THE WASHINGTON POST, November 30, 2022 — In a congressional first, two lawmakers from the same borough, Charles E. Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, are leaders of the Senate and House Democratic caucuses. (read more)

Hakeem Jeffries to Head House Dems in Next Congress as First Black Leader
PBS, November 30, 2022 — Emboldened House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first Black American to head a major political party in Congress as long-serving Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team step aside next year. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Expansion: A Historic Transformation
STO BUILDING GROUP, October 24, 2022 — After more than a century, the hospital has expanded its emergency department to support operational improvements while enhancing patient experience. (read more)

Global Genes and Rare Disease Diversity Coalition Launch Next Phase of Multifaceted Partnership Aimed at Accelerating and Advancing Health Equity
BUSINESS WIRE, October 6, 2022 — Global Genes, a leading rare disease patient advocacy organization, and the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition (RDDC) today launched the next phase of a multifaceted partnership to accelerate and advance health equity for the rare disease community. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Completes $33M Emergency Department Renovation
CRAIN'S NY, October 5, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has completed a $33 million, three-year project to enlarge and reconfigure its emergency department, it announced Tuesday. The renovation expanded the Fort Greene hospital's emergency department, from about 16,000 square feet to nearly 23,000 square feet. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Officially Opens Renovated Emergency Department and ‘State-of-the-Art’ Cancer Center
BROOKLYN PAPER, October 10, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center celebrated the grand opening of The Brooklyn Cancer Center and its newly-renovated emergency room in a double ribbon-cutting event on Oct. 3. (read more)

Monkeypox Vaccine Eligibility Expands in Brooklyn
BK READER, October 7, 2022 — NYC will be opening up 30,000 new MPV vaccination appointments on Oct. 6 under the new eligibility guidelines. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center’s New ER, Cancer Center a Big Hit
BROOKLYN EAGLE, October 7, 2022 — Brooklyn Hospital’s new multi-million-dollar Emergency Department and The Brooklyn Cancer Center (a partnership with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists) are a big deal for Brooklyn. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Wraps $33M Emergency Department Renovation
CRAIN'S NY, October 5, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has completed a $33 million, three-year project to enlarge and reconfigure its emergency department. (read more)

$5M Cancer Center Opens in Downtown Brooklyn
CRAIN'S NY, August 29, 2022 — The Brooklyn Cancer Center has opened its doors at 86 Fleet St. in the borough’s Downtown. The center, a partnership between New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and the Brooklyn Hospital Center, is meant to signal that residents of the area need not travel to Manhattan for treatment or access to cancer clinical trials. (read more)

Brooklyn Cancer Center Opens Site on Fleet Place
BROOKLYN EAGLE, August 25, 2022 — The Brooklyn Cancer Center, a partnership between New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center announced the opening of its newly created facility, at 86 Fleet Place in Downtown Brooklyn, providing a new home for the region’s top cancer care. (read more)

7th Annual ‘One Crown Heights’ Festival
COL LIVE, August 20, 2022 — One Crown Heights, a coalition that has brought together Black, Jewish, and Caribbean residents of Crown Heights in a unique partnership, will be enjoying a day of fun and entertainment in Brower Park. (read more)

118 Hospitals in New York Recognized for Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Americans with Heart Disease and Stroke
HUDSON VALLEY 360, August 15, 2022 — 118 hospitals in New York are among the 2,600 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke. Several individual hospitals within many of the systems received awards.. (read more)

118 NYS Hospitals Recognized for Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Americans With Heart Disease & Stroke
NIAGARA FRONTIER PUBLICATIONS, August 8, 2022 — One hundred and eighteen hospitals in New York are among the 2,600 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines” initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke. (read more)

Kleiner Device Labs Completes First Surgery With KG2 Surge Flow-Thru Interbody System
YAHOO, August 1, 2022 — Kleiner Device Labs today announced that its new KG2 Surge flow-thru interbody system was used in its first surgical procedure. Dr. Anders Cohen performed a single-level TLIF, fusing L5-S1 at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

The 2022 Brooklyn Power 100
CITY & STATE NY, July 11, 2022 — City & State’s Brooklyn Power 100 tracks the rising and falling fortunes of the borough’s most politically powerful figures, including government officials, business executives, nonprofit leaders, activists, advocates and academics. (read more)

Patrice Roberts Lights Up Wingate Park Concert
THE NY CARIB NEWS, July 7, 2022 — Soca superstar Patrice Roberts brought the Trinidad heat to Brooklyn at the Wingate Park Concert. The concert was co-headlined by dancehall/reggae legend Gyptian. (read more)

Shakeela K. Jones, MLS, ASCP
MARQUIS TOP SCIENTISTS, July 7, 2022 — Shakeela K. Jones, MLS, ASCP, Microbiology Supervisor at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Scientists for dedication, achievements, and leadership in microbiology. (read more)

Case Study: Future-Proofed Chiller Network
ECOSYSTEM ENERGY, June 21, 2022 — Founded in 1845, the Brooklyn Hospital Center is a 464-bed full-service community teaching hospital. Its administration was facing the need to replace the chiller cooling system in Brooklyn’s oldest hospital, serving more than 300,000 patients each year. (read more)

KPFF Delivers Rehabilitation of Brooklyn Hospital Center Emergency Department
CITY BIZ, June 21, 2022 — KPFF Consulting Engineers, a leader in structural engineering design, recently completed a multi-phased effort to rehabilitate the Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Emergency Department. (read more)

Cisco Customers Eager for Meraki's Catalyst Management
TECH TARGET, June 20, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, which suffered a painful malware attack in 2019, uses Cisco on-premises firewalls, access control systems and other technology to lock down its networks. (read more)

Upcoming Community Health Fair
BROOKLYN EAGLE, June 14, 2022 — Brooklyn Community Board 2 is joining forces with Friends of Commodore Barry Park, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center for a community health fair on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (read more)

Donors Needed for Blood Supply Emergency
BROOKLYN EAGLE, June 7, 2022 — As the New York Blood Center has declared a blood shortage emergency, the Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) will be hosting a blood drive on Thursday, June 16, at 121 DeKalb Avenue, in the cafeteria. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Celebrates Healthcare Wins at 36th Annual Founders Ball
BROOKLYN PAPER, May 26, 2022 — It’s been nearly three years since The Brooklyn Hospital Center was able to host its annual Founders Ball in-person, and there was a lot to celebrate when hospital leadership and honorees gathered at the Brooklyn Museum on May 23. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital’s Founders Ball Comes Roaring Back
BROOKLYN EAGLE, May 26, 2022 — Hundreds of guests gathered at the Brooklyn Museum on Monday night for the Brooklyn Hospital Foundation’s 2022 Founders Ball. The event celebrated four exceptional honorees and new facilities at Brooklyn’s oldest hospital. (read more)

Top Healthcare Professionals Honored at Schneps Media Healthcare Heroes Presented by Catholic Health Event
QNS, May 13, 2022 — Among the corporate partners with representatives in attendance for the Healthcare Heroes event were Catholic Health, Schneps Media, AT&T and the Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

COVID-19 Kills a Million Americans
AARP, May 13, 2022 — “I remember it like it was yesterday,” James Gasperino, M.D., says of a grim night in March 2020, just weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was identified in the U.S. (read more)

CIOs Look to Foster Innovative IT Cultures, Post-COVID
CIO, May 11, 2022 — Coming out of the pandemic, CIOs are placing a greater emphasis on innovation by re-engineering IT cultures for sustained creativity and expanding on breakthrough pandemic solutions. (read more)

Dr. Tomer Singer, Associate Director at Shady Grove Fertility, Associate Professor at Hofstra University, and Director of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at The Brooklyn Hospital Center
BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW, May 11, 2022 — This episode features Dr. Tomer Singer, Associate Director at Shady Grove Fertility, Associate Professor at Hofstra University, and Director of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Here, he discusses egg freezing, embryo screening for IVF, third part reproduction, and more. (listen to the podcast)

An Independent Healthcare Provider for One Million People in Brooklyn with Gary Terrinoni, President and CEO, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
SCHNEPS MEDIA, May 4, 2022 — Gary G. Terrinoni, President and CEO of The Brooklyn Hospital Center, oversees an organization resolute in honoring its more-than-175 years’ history in Downtown Brooklyn, while it works to position itself as a model of an independent community healthcare provider for the one million people in North Central Brooklyn. (listen to the podcast)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Receives $9.2M from Federal Budget
BROOKLYN PAPER, March 29, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center is slated to receive a much-needed $9.2 million cash infusion to renovate its emergency department thanks to the efforts of New York’s federal elected officials. (read more)

Earmarks for the Big Apple: What Did NYC Congressional Lawmakers Get Funded in This Year's Federal Budget?
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, March 29, 2022 — In New York City, the Brooklyn Hospital Center is set to receive the largest check: $9.2 million to upgrade the emergency department. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries worked with both New York Senators to advocate for the money. (read more)

Weekly New York Health Care
POLITICO, March 22, 2022 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center will receive $9.2 million in funding secured by U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Receives $9.2M from Feds for Emergency Dept. Modernization
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, March 28, 2022 — U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced that they secured $9.2 million in funding for The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) in Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene through the recently-passed government funding law. (read more)

Ravi Kumar S., President, Infosys, interviewing Dr. Aymen Elfiky, Division Director, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
INFOSYS, March 14, 2022 — Welcome to the next edition of Trailblazers, today’s guest is a doctor, a data scientist and digital strategist; all put together. Aymen Elfiky is the head of Oncology and Haematology at Brooklyn Hospital. (read more)

Congress passes spending package with millions for city's safety-net hospitals
CRAIN'S NEW YORK, March 11, 2022 — City Councilwoman Linda Lee has spent decades working to improve access to mental health care and social services for New Yorkers, first as a camp counselor for the city's at-risk youth and most recently as CEO of Korean Community Services, a Queens-based nonprofit that runs a bilingual mental health clinic and targets the Korean population. Now Lee is continuing that work in public office. (read more)

Pandemic Babies May Need to Catch Up on Immunizations
THE HILL, March 9, 2022 — While parents await the outcome of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for kids under 5 years old, others may be struggling to catch up with standard vaccinations for their young children. Especially for children born during the pandemic, lockdowns and missed doctor’s appointments may have delayed immunizations for diseases like measles, whooping cough and polio. (read more)

Joseph F. Fetto, MD, an Orthopedic Surgeon with The Brooklyn Hospital Center
ISSUEWIRE, February 14, 2022 — Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Joseph F. Fetto, who serves patients in Brooklyn, New York. (read more)

Adams Administration Releases Open Letter Showing Broad Support for Mayor Adams' Efforts to Make New York a Safer and More Just City
NYC.GOV, January 31, 2022 — Letter Signed by Coalition of More Than 230 Top Business, Labor, and Civic Leaders in NYC — Representing Over 3 Million Jobs and Worker. (read more)

NYC Healthcare Workers on the ‘Overwhelming Sense of Burnout’ as a Result of the Pandemic
NBC NEWS, January 18, 2022 — A recent survey showed that nearly one in five healthcare workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. NBC News Now sat down with healthcare workers from NYC, who are overwhelmed as the omicron variant continues to rage across the country. (watch video)

Omicron Cases May Be Peaking in Some U.S. States, But Covid Is Overwhelming Hospitals
NEW YORK TIMES, January 18, 2022 — A wave of Omicron cases may be cresting in the northeastern United States, but the number of Covid-19 patients is at a record high and climbing, overwhelming hospitals whose staffs have been hollowed out by the coronavirus. (read more)

What the Omicron Wave Looks Like at One Brooklyn E.R.
NEW YORK TIMES, January 15, 2022 — Like many hospitals in New York City, the Brooklyn Hospital Center is straining under the biggest surge of Covid-19 patients since spring 2020, when ambulance sirens filled the air and more than 20,000 New York City residents died. (read more)

The Brooklyn Cancer Center Advances Radiation Oncology
PR.COM, January 3, 2022 — The Brooklyn Cancer Center (TBCC), a partnership between New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the leading oncology practices in the nation, and The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC), an independent community hospital in Fort Greene/Downtown Brooklyn, announces it will expand patient access to personalized and advanced radiation treatment at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

NYC Hospital Safety Grades 2021: The Best And Worst
NYC FOLKS REPORT, December 9, 2021 — There’s no doubting the superhuman effort health care workers have dedicated to New York City over the past year as the city was a hammered by the coronavirus pandemic. But while doctors, nurses and other professionals deserve praise and thanks, not all hospitals performed equally, according to new spring 2021 ratings released by the Leapfrog Group this week. (read more)

Mirrors of Calamity: How Hospitals Became Vaults That Hid Evidence of Covid-19’s Toll
THE INTERCEPT, November 13, 2021 — An investigation by The Intercept reveals that in the first months of the pandemic, only a small number of the more than 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. let journalists inside — and when access was permitted, it was usually limited to a short time span.. (read more)

City Health Systems Keep Spots in Healthgrades Specialty Hospital Rankings
CRAIN'S NY BUSINESS, October 25, 2021 — NYC Health+ Hospitals/Bellevue made the top 100 for gastrointestinal care, along with the Brooklyn Hospital Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Queens and Tisch Hospital. (read more)

Queens Family Donates COVID-19 Oxygen Machines to NYC Hospitals
NY POST, September 19, 2021 — Davinder Singh and his relatives donated one Invacare 10-liter oxygen machine to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, another to the Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn and the third to Flushing Hospital in Queens, said the family and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. (read more)

‘NYC Epicenters’: Spike Lee Shares His New York State of Mind
CHICAGO SUN TIMES, August 19, 2021 — Episode 1 is largely about the onset of the pandemic, as politicians, healthcare workers, patients and journalists recall the early days of uncertainty followed by the months and months of tragedy. Every time new interview subjects are introduced, they introduce themselves on camera, for instance: “My name is Sylvie De Souza, I’m the chair of emergency medicine at the Brooklyn Hospital Center.” (read more)

The One Crown Heights Festival Will Return This Sunday
COL LIVE, August 16, 2021 — The One Crown Heights Neighborhood Festival will take place this Sunday at Brower Park offering a fun-filled day for the family with music, entertainment, activities and even kosher hotdogs and burgers. (read more)

The 2021 Brooklyn Power 100
CITY & STATE NEW YORK, August 8, 2021 — The biggest political players in borough brimming with political power... #45. Gary Terrinoni, President and CEO, The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

PRH Expands Support for the Starlight Book Mobile, Bringing Reading to Hospital-Bound Children
WEBWIRE, July 26, 2021 — For the past nine years, Penguin Random House has supported the Starlight Children’s Foundation Book Mobile Program, which offers pediatric patients at local hospitals the chance to explore fictional worlds through books. (read more)

Essential Workers, Sick Children Learn to Sail in Brooklyn Bridge Park
BROOKLYN EAGLE, July 13, 2021 — Healthcare workers, children facing life-threatening illnesses and NYPD first responders were among the roughly two dozen people who buckled on life vests and boarded 26-foot sailboats on the Brooklyn waterfront to learn the fundamentals of sailing this past Sunday. (read more)

Earmarks are Back: What are NYC Congressional Lawmakers Requesting?
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, June 8, 2021 — After more than a decade, earmarks are back on Capitol Hill. The practice, which allows members of Congress to request funding designated for specific projects back home, went away amid corruption scandals that sent some members to prison... Rep. Hakeem Jeffries wants $5 million to upgrade Brooklyn Hospital Center’s emergency room. (read more)

Stacy Friedman – The Brooklyn Hospital Center: Living — and breathing — her dream
VANGUARD LAW, June 1, 2021 — Back in her college days, Stacy Friedman considered being a doctor, fascinated by health care. Given her level of involvement at The Brooklyn Hospital Center—and the hours she’s spent helping the hospital address COVID-19 and other important projects—one might guess that medicine was her chosen path. It wasn’t. (read more)

Brooklyn Cancer Center Names New Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 14, 2021 — The Brooklyn Cancer Center has named board-certified hematologist-oncologist and experienced medical leader Maxim Shulimovich, D.O., as its new chief of hematology and medical oncology. (read more)

Brooklyn's Oldest Hospital Builds a 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) in Just Two Weeks
CISCO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, May 11, 2021 — Members of the C-suite are often asked, "What keeps you up at night?" The answer is almost always the same: fear of becoming the next big breach. The Brooklyn Hospital Center, like all healthcare institutions, is particularly vulnerable because medical records go for a premium price on the dark web. (watch video)

Who's News
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS, May 10, 2021 — Dr. Maxim Shulimovich was named chief of hematology and medical oncology for the Brooklyn Cancer Center, a partnership between New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Shulimovich previously worked as chief of hematology and oncology at Richmond University Medical Center. (read more)

The Brooklyn Cancer Center Announces New Chief of Hematology-Oncology
ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 10, 2021 — The Brooklyn Cancer Center has named noted leader and board-certified hematologist-oncologist Maxim Shulimovich, DO, as its new Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology. (read more)

The New IT Skills Mandate for Digital Success
CIO, May 10, 2021 — After getting a bachelor’s degree in information systems and looking for a job for two years, Fidel Peters began working as a driver at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, delivering meals and transporting specimens and medications from the various offsite clinics affiliated with the hospital. Occasionally, he would drive IT leaders to and from meetings and used that as an opportunity to speak to a couple of people about his interest in an IT job. (read more)

Brooklyn Organizations Come Together to Donate Coats, Personalized Care Kits to Borough’s Homeless
BROOKLYN READER, May 4, 2021 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center and labor and relations firms DC 9, Connective Strategies and 99 Solutions came together for homelessness relief event, Operation Spread Love. The groups gave out women’s and men’s care kits filled with PPE, hygiene products including toothpaste and toothbrushes, feminine sanitary pads, deodorant, and warm blankets. (read more)

CX Turned IT UP at Cisco Live!
CISCO BLOGS, April 29, 2021 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center — Brooklyn’s oldest hospital — built a Security Operations Center (SOC) in just two weeks, and now relies on Cisco Managed Detection and Response Service to protect their environment 24/7 so they can focus on what matters most — keeping Brooklyn healthy. (read more)

A Healthy Boost: Hospital Uses Managed Services to Bolster Security
CSO, April 23, 2021 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center addresses sophisticated security threat landscape with the help of Cisco. The healthcare industry remains a prime target for cybercriminals. In 2020, more than 29 million healthcare records were breached — a 25% increase over 2019, according to the HIPAA Journal. These sorts of statistics keep healthcare security leaders awake at night. (read more)

A Healthy Boost: Hospital Uses Managed Services to Bolster Security
CSO ONLINE, April 23, 2021 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center addresses sophisticated security threat landscape with the help of Cisco. (read more)

Hospitals Find Working With Diverse Businesses Strengthens Community Ties
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS, April 16, 2021 — As the Brooklyn Hospital Center enters the next phase of its $1 billion modernization project, it has laid out some key criteria in seeking a development partner, including a commitment to working with minority- and woman-owned enterprises. (read more)

Cisco Live 2021: Hybrid Work and the Need for Agility Reshape the Role of the CIO
BIZ TECH, March 31, 2021 — CIOs aren’t just in charge of technology anymore — they’re agents of change within businesses. “We are expected to know the business in depth. In order for us to do the IT systems and the data properly, we have to really understand the business in detail,” said Jacqui Guichelaar, Cisco’s CIO, speaking as part of a roundtable discussion with Sam Amirfar, CIO of The Brooklyn Hospital Center, at Cisco Live 2021. (read more)

The 2021 Above & Beyond
CITY & STATE NY, March 28, 2021 — Throughout her career, Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi has been an effective and clear-headed crisis manager. As the executive vice president and chief medical officer at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, she courageously led her team throughout the numerous challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while prioritizing the safety and well-being of her staff and patients. (read more)

Hospitals Under Attac‪k‬
NEW YORK GRITTY, March 26, 2021 — There are 62 hospitals across New York City, ranging from mammoth healthcare networks to the 11 public hospitals run by the city to long-standing independent neighborhood institutions. Each one faced unprecedented challenges when the city became the epicenter of a pandemic that took the lives of as many as 800 New Yorkers a day. (listen to podcast)

A Year Ago in New York: A Photographer Reflects on the Darkest Days of the Pandemic
NBC NEWS, March 22, 2021 — In the spring of 2020, as the first wave of the pandemic peaked and crashed over the city, I photographed inside three hospitals as their staffs worked to save as many people as they could from Covid-19. More than 20,000 people died in New York City from March to June. The richest city in the world became one of the places most devastated by the pandemic. (read more)

Cuomo Pushes Cuts To Safety-Net Hospitals After They Stepped Up During Pandemic
GOTHAMIST, March 16, 2021 — Safety net hospitals also often have to get by with less staff and other resources than wealthier hospitals—a reality that puts their patients at a disadvantage during the pandemic. The financial situation at the Brooklyn Hospital Center got bad enough that the hospital issued layoff notices to 42 nurses in October, just as the city’s second coronavirus wave was starting up. Under pressure from the New York State Nurses Association, the hospital rescinded the notices, instead offering incentives for early retirement and temporarily reducing staff through attrition. (read more)

Making Space for Grief, an L.A. Art Exhibit Honors Healthcare Workers Killed by COVID-19
LA TIMES, March 11, 2021 — Tami Roncskevitz has attended two Zoom memorials for her daughter, Sarah, a 32-year-old emergency room social worker who died of COVID-19 on May 30. But she longs to gather Sarah’s friends and family in one place so they can embrace and mourn together. (read more)

Hospital Copes With Pandemic One Year Later
CBS NEWS, March 11, 2021 — David Begnaud returns to a hospital he first visited in the early days of the pandemic, which is marking its first anniversary. Much has changed for the better, but the virus is still proving to be a challenging threat. (watch video or read transcript)

We Remember: New Yorkers Share Stories of Loss, Light, and Love During the COVID Pandemic
6SQFT, March 11, 2021 — This Sunday, the city will mark March 14–one year since NYC lost its first resident to the virus–with an official day of remembrance for the nearly 30,000 city residents who passed away. (read more)

Corona-Mothers: How Safety Net Hospitals Helped Pregnant Women During NYC’s Pandemic Peak
AM NY, March 3, 2021 — amNewYork Metro spoke to Dr. Erroll Byer, who has served as the Chair and the Program Director of the OBGYN Department for the oldest in New York City, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, for over 20 years about his first-hand experience working at the hospital during the pandemic, as well as the importance of providing quality health care to underserved, predominately Black and Latina patients. (read more)

SGU Professor Looks Back On One Year Combating COVID-19
SGU NEWS, March 1, 2021 — Dr. Sylvie de Souza, director of emergency medicine at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, and a clinical assistant professor for St. George’s University, was on the front lines when it all began. The day was March 1, 2020, when the first COVID-19 case was reported in New York City. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Reaches Milestone 1,000th Robotic Surgery
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, January 4, 2021 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) Department of Surgery is equipped with the latest technologies. In fact, for several years, TBHC has been taking minimally invasive surgery to the highest level with robotic surgery, using the advanced da Vinci Xi System. (read more)

5 COVID-19 Survivors Who Beat Death Share Their New Year’s Resolutions
NEW YORK POST, December 30, 2020 — New Year’s resolutions have a different ring this year for those who fought and won against the coronavirus. While this time of year tends to bring hopes of weight loss or financial success, a brush with death changes things. (read more)

24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital: An Update
NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 2020 — In the spring, with permission from staff, patients and their families, we shadowed one doctor for a day to get a sense of what it is like on the front lines of the pandemic. (read more)

PHOTOS: How New Yorkers Forged on Through 2020, a Year Like No Other
THE CITY, December 22, 2020 — Here are some images from a year that will forever link us as New Yorkers — offering glimpses into a city again surviving by finding connections even amid heartbreak and isolation. (read more)

Brooklyn Doctor Works to Provide Health Care to Underserved Communities
NEWS 12, December 21, 2020 — A Brooklyn doctor wants to make sure your race or background doesn't determine the medical attention you receive. Dr. Errol Byer has focused on providing access to quality health care for underserved communities in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Hospital Center for 20 years. It was dire before the coronavirus pandemic, and even more so now. (read more)

Investment Firm Pays Hospital Nurse Managers’ Debt
BROOKLYN EAGLE, December 18, 2020 — Alger, a growth investment management firm based in New York City, and its employees recently donated $400,000 to pay the outstanding student debt of The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s nurse managers. (read more)

Investment Firm Pays Student Loans of 8 Brooklyn Nurses
NEWS 12 BROOKLYN, December 17, 2020 — Christmas came early for some nurses at a Brooklyn hospital this year. Investment firm Alger is paying off the student loans for eight nurse managers at Brooklyn Hospital Center. Alger is paying $400,000 to wipe out their student debt as a way to say thank you for their work during the pandemic. (read more)

Five Brooklyn Nonprofits Receive More Than $1M in Grants to Combat Effects of COVID-19, Climate Change and Election Issues
BKREADER, December 17, 2020 — Five Brooklyn nonprofits are amongst the 42 that have been granted $6.1 million in funding from New York Community Trust to address the impacts of COVID-19, climate change and city election mechanisms. More than $1 million has been awarded to BRIC Arts/Media, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp A., Flatbush Development Corporation, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Hope Program and Kings Against Violence Initiative. (read more)

First COVID-19 Vaccines Given to UF Health Staff
THE GAINESVILLE SUN, December 16, 2020 — The first eight Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in Gainesville were administered to UF Health hospital staff at a press conference this morning shortly after 8. Sam Overly, a registered nurse and critical care clinic leader, and Dr. Joseph Adrian Tyndall, interim dean of the UF College of Medicine, were the first two to receive the shots. (read more)

New York Begins Vaccinating Health Care Workers
POLITICO, December 16, 2020 — New York, once the national epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, began its mass vaccination program on Monday, starting with health care workers. (read more)

First Front-Line Health Workers at UF Health Shands Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
CBS 4 NEWS, December 16, 2020 — "Being here and getting this vaccine for me is a ray of hope that we can end the suffering," said Dr. Adrian Tyndall, Chair, emergency medicine. Dr. Adrian Tyndall began the pandemic at its epicenter in this country, working at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off
BKLYNER, December 16, 2020 — Eight nursing staff members at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) will be able to pay off their student debt thanks to a $400,000 gift from the staff at Alger, an investment firm. (read more)

Alger Recognizes Nurses from The Brooklyn Hospital Center on the Frontline of COVID-19
YAHOO FINANCE, December 16, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBCH) is pleased to announce that Alger, a leading growth equity investment manager based in New York City, and its employees donated $400,000 to pay the outstanding student debt of the hospital's nurse managers. (read more)

A Year Like No Other
NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 2020 — Certain years are so eventful they are regarded as pivotal in history, years when wars and slavery ended and deep generational fissures burst into the open — 1865, 1945 and 1968 among them. The year 2020 will certainly join this list. (read more)

Salute to front line workers: Doctors Byer and Pratt of the Brooklyn Hospital Center
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, December 9, 2020 — York City hospitals that serve the city’s most disadvantaged patients are facing a second wave of challenges to fight COVID-19 as positive rates continue to increase, and access to quality healthcare is vital now more than ever. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center – Physicians Pavilion
HEALTHCARE SNAPSHOTS, December 8, 2020 — EwingCole provided architectural and interior design services to complete the Physicians Pavilion at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, New York. (read more)

If You’re Going to Ski, Here’s How to Do It Safely in the Pandemic
THE MERCURY NEWS, November 30, 2020 — Even with those enhanced safety protocols on the mountain and in the resorts, though, the question remains: Is it safe to ski during a pandemic? For Dr. Joshua Rosenberg, it’s not so black and white. “Every thing you do has a risk, a benefit and a potential hazard,” said Rosenberg, an infectious disease specialist and chair of infection control at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. (read more)

I Never Thought I’d Get Covid, But I Did
TRUE AFRICA, November 27, 2020 — Something was off, so at 6pm on Monday I called a family friend, Dr. Sylvie de Souza ViBi, the Chair of Emergency Medicine at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. I’d been reading and hearing great things about Brooklyn Hospital since the pandemic started, and we published two TRUE Africa stories on the heroic work her team has been doing since the coronavirus rolled into the City’s boroughs in February, like an invisible fog. (read more)

'It’s Just Extremely Difficult': COVID-19 Challenges Brooklyn Hospital Center's Financial Future
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, November 19, 2020 — Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi can recall when nearly every floor of the 175-year-old Brooklyn Hospital Center housed COVID-19 patients. “By early April, the entire hospital was 90% of them. They had COVID patients,” said Kondamudi, the hospital’s senior chief medical officer. (read more)

BP Adams Honors Brooklyn COVID Heroes At Brooklyn Borough Hall, Including Dr. Anthony Fauci
PATCH, November 13, 2020 — Yesterday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hosted his second "Brooklyn COVID Heroes" ceremony outside Brooklyn Borough Hall, recognizing 186 Brooklynites from all walks of life who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic. One of the heroes honored was Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and currently serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). (read more)

New Fort Greene Park Garden Honors Healthcare Workers Lost to Pandemic
BROOKLYN PAPER, November 11, 2020 — A newly planted garden in Fort Greene Park honors the frontline workers of Brooklyn Hospital who lost their lives during New York City’s first coronavirus surge. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center: Modernized New Campus Another Step Closer
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, October 26, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center filed a preliminary application in late September to begin official public review of the plans to modernize its campus. Some of the hospital’s current buildings date back to the 1890s. Gary Terrinoni, the hospital’s CEO, said that the transformation of the hospital’s Fort Greene campus would be done over a period of eight to ten years. (read more)

Nurses of the Pandemic Honored in Raw Virtual Play From Brooklyn Academy of Music
BK READER, October 23, 2020 — There’s the nurse who held your hand. The nurse who helped you fart. The nurse who video-called your family. The nurse who made you laugh when you felt scared. The nurse who spoke up for you. Almost everyone has a story about “that kindness” nurses have, whether caring for them or a loved one — now even more so amid a pandemic that has claimed over 5,700 lives in Brooklyn this year. (read more)

BAM: That Kindness: Nurses in their Own Words
TIME OUT, October 15, 2020 — BAM and other theaters across the country stream the world premiere of "That Kindness," a docutheater work by the artist formerly known as Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues), who now goes by the single letter V. (read more)

New Play Honoring Nurses On Covid-19 Frontline, Featuring Rosario Dawson, Rosie O’Donnell, Billy Porter, Premieres Tonight
FORBES, October 15, 2020 — "That Kindness: Nurses in their Own Words," a new virtual play-in-process created by American nurses with writer, activist and performance artist V (formerly known as Eve Ensler), is having its world premiere tonight at 7 pm. (read more)

LaChanze, Billy Porter, Stephanie Hsu Set for Virtual Play ‘That Kindness’
PLAYBILL, October 8, 2020 — V (formerly Eve Ensler) spotlights the nurses on the frontlines in the new virtual play That Kindness: Nurses in Their Own Words, which will be presented virtually by the Brooklyn Academy of Music October 15 at 7 PM ET. The event will feature Tony winners Billy Porter and LaChanze, Ed Blunt, Connie Britton, Rosario Dawson, Stephanie Hsu, Liz Mikel, Rosie O'Donnell, Dale Soules, Marisa Tomei, and Monique Wilson, with original music by Morley and company. The free virtual event is also raising money to support nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals; all donations will go to The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Envisions $1B Revitalization
CRAIN'S NEW YORK, October 1, 2020 — Brooklyn Hospital Center announced plans for a $1 billion construction project to modernize its facilities. The downtown Brooklyn hospital, an affiliate of the Mount Sinai Health System, seeks to tear down two existing buildings that provide a footprint of approximately 50,000 square feet and replace them with two towers that would provide about 800,000 square feet, said Gary Terrinoni, president and CEO. (read more)

This Deadly Pest Could Be Hiding in Your Bedroom, Experts Say
YAHOO!LIFE, September 24, 2020 — There's a deadly pest that could be hiding out in your home without you even realizing it: the black widow spider. (read more)

The Weekend In Brooklyn: Remembering RBG, A New Street Mural That Was Soon Erased & More
BKLYNER, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 — And lastly, let’s not forget that we are still living in a pandemic. The NY Times has written incredible stories inside the Brooklyn Hospital Center since March. (read more)

Brooklyn Power 50
CITY & STATE NY, September 21, 2020 — Executives, advocates, health care officials and others who are moving Brooklyn forward. (read more)

Brooklyn Heroes
CITY & STATE NY, September 20, 2020 — Eight Brooklynites who came to the rescue in New York's darkest hour. (read more)

‘Covid Will Not Win’: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital Center
NEW YORK TIMES, September 11, 2020 — During the surge of Covid-19 cases this spring that filled the Brooklyn Hospital Center’s emergency room and intensive care unit with the critically ill and the dying, the staff went in day after day, trying to save as many lives as they could. Now they are bracing for a second wave. (read more)

What It Means to be a Front-Line Worker in a New York City Hospital
TRUE AFRICA, September 3, 2020 — Ernest Hemingway famously wrote that “courage is grace under pressure.” Following our story on the African doctors working at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, which we published on April 15th right when the pandemic was tearing New York City apart, we decided to revisit some of the Africans working at the Fort Greene medical institution. (read more)

Ambulance Providers Feel Strain from Lack of Reimbursement for Skyrocketing Treat-at-Home Cases
CRAIN'S HEALTH PULSE, August 31, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center announced Friday that it has received a $100,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, part of TD Bank, to expand its telemedicine program. The proceeds will fund community outreach and marketing materials, including a web portal and digital and print advertising, to increase awareness of the Downtown Brooklyn hospital's virtual care program, launched during the summer. (read more)

Starting Five Featuring Brooklyn's COVID Community Heroes
NBA.COM, August 24, 2020 — The Brooklyn Nets instilled a special group of people to announce the starting lineups ahead of Game 4 of the First Round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. (read more)

Five Recent Cancer Care Partnerships
BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW, August 19, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City is partnering with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists to build a cancer care facility. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Receives EnergyPods for Hospital Staff
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, August 19, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has announced that it has received the donation of three top-of-the-line MetroNaps EnergyPods for one year. The sleep pods are designed to induce power naps for the hardworking hospital staff, especially those suffering from PTSD, insomnia and depression due to the stress brought on by the current pandemic. (read more)

Notable in Health Care
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS — New York’s health care sector is no stranger to disaster. Many of its doctors, nurses and scientists, among other players, have served on the front lines of crises dating back to the AIDS/HIV outbreak of the 1980s. (read more)

As His Mom Fought Covid-19, a Med Student Gained End-of-Life Insights
WALL STREET JOURNAL, July 30, 2020 — New understanding emerges for the families of sick loved ones, after days spent in a Brooklyn ICU. (read more)

Advice From 15 Transformative CEOs
FORBES, July 22, 2020 — “You just can’t sit back and not do things. So, you have to be aggressive particularly if you’re a safety net. You have to look at opportunities….People are now more cognizant of all the things that we need to do, and that will be a big lesson learned. And the idea of having adequate supply of protective equipment is important. I think we’re caught a bit short there.” (read more)

Top CEOs Agree That Culture Is The Key Before, During And After Crisis
FORBES, July 15, 2020 — I remember speaking a few years back with George Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente who shared a concept I have never forgotten: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” I think, as CEOs, we all know that at the heart of any great company is a great culture. The question I have recently wondered about is: How does culture play out during a crisis like a pandemic? (read more)

25th Annual Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic Honors Front Line Heroes, Proceeds Support Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens
THE TABLET, July 13, 2020 — DeSales Media Group, the communications and technology arm of the Diocese of Brooklyn, hosted the 25th Annual Bishop DiMarzio Golf Outing Thursday, July 9, at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, New York. (read more)

Dr. Blackstone on TBHC, Inequality and Surge
KCSB-FM, July 8, 2020 — “I spent a lot of time at the Brooklyn hospital Center, this wonderful community hospital in Fort Greene, New York, Brooklyn, that has no parent company, no larger system so they're nimble, they're small.” (read more)

As Coronavirus Slams Houston Hospitals, It’s Like New York ‘All Over Again’
NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 2020 — The death toll is lower, but there are echoes of March as cases spike, doctors fall ill and supplies run short. Now, Texas is trying to adapt hard-won lessons while addressing a new set of challenges. (read more)

Briefly: Happy 4th! Beaches, Block Parties and More
BKLYNER, July 2, 2020 — Brooklyn Hospital Center and Spectrum sign leases at 523 Futon Street, Crains reported. (read more)

Around Brooklyn: Restaurant Group Isn’t Pleased With Dining Postponement
BROOKLYN EAGLE, July 2, 2020 — Andrew Rigie, executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, recently made these comments about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s delay in reopening indoor dining in New York City: “We respect the government and public health officials’ decision to postpone the anticipated July 6 reopening of indoor dining, but the longer neighborhood restaurants and bars are forced to be closed, the harder it will be for them to successfully reopen.” (read more)

New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and The Brooklyn Hospital Center Partner To Launch New Comprehensive Cancer Center
PR NEWSWIRE, July 1, 2020 — New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the leading oncology practices in the nation, today announced it has partnered with The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC), an independent community hospital, to build a new comprehensive cancer care facility, The Brooklyn Cancer Center. (read more)

Why Surviving the Virus Might Come Down to Which Hospital Admits You
NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 2020 — In New York City’s poor neighborhoods, some patients have languished in understaffed hospitals, with substandard equipment. It was a different story in Manhattan’s private medical centers.. (read more)

Cole Anthony Is Full of Fire
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, June 24, 2020 — Like his father, former North Carolina standout Cole Anthony is a hard-nosed point guard with lottery level talent. Whether he can maximize it might depend on how well he keeps his feistiness in check. (read more)

Marquis Donates Thousands of Organic Caffeine Beverages to COVID-19 Front Line Heroes
YAHOO FINANCE, June 16, 2020 — In response to the worldwide pandemic, Marquis, a healthy lifestyle brand, has donated over 18,000 cans of their signature blend of organic caffeine beverages to health, public service and community-based organizations nationwide whose members are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight. (read more)

Coronavirus Takes Financial Toll on New York City’s ‘Safety-Net’ Hospitals
WALL STREET JOURNAL, JUNE 11, 2020 — The hospitals serving New York City’s neediest and most vulnerable patients face a financial reckoning as a result of the new coronavirus outbreak and uncertain stimulus funding from Washington, officials at the institutions say. (read more)

After Three Months Apart From Her Girlfriend, a Nurse Who's Been Caring for COVID-19 Patients Proposed the Minute They Reunited
INSIDER, June 11, 2020 — After the coronavirus pandemic kept them apart for three months, a nurse who's been caring for COVID-19 patients in Brooklyn, New York, decided to propose to her girlfriend when they reunited. Alyssa Kayhill popped the question to Anh-Linh Trinh in Long Island City on June 8 as neighbors and other well-wishers cheered them on. (read more)

Interview with Gary Terrinoni
THE CEO FORUM, June 11, 2020 — Gary Terrinoni, CEO, The Brooklyn Hospital Center talks about the incredible culture of this safety net hospital, and their heroics in helping their community as a COVID-19 hotspot. Interview Aired: 6/11/2020. (listen)

Thousands Protest in NYC Sunday After de Blasio Ends Curfew Early
1010 WINS, June 7, 2020 — Peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd continued in New York City Sunday, with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets yet again after Mayor Bill de Blasio ended the city's first curfew in decades a day early. (watch video)

COVID-19 Update: The Physicians Pavilion: The Brooklyn Hospital Center Opens Brand New Facility in Fort Greene
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, June 2, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center has moved its specialty practices into a brand new building, called The Physicians Pavilion, on 86 St. Felix Street in Fort Greene. The building, with its modern décor, state-of-the-art exam rooms and beautiful views, is now officially open, the Brooklyn Hospital Center announced on Monday. The new building takes on the previous roles of the Maynard Building at 240 Willoughby Ave. (read more)

After 2+ Months of Lockdown, New York City Is Still Seeing New Covid-19 Cases. Who's Getting Sick? 
ADVISORY BOARD, June 1, 2020 — New York City has now been under a strict stay-at-home order for more than two months, yet the city and its surrounding areas are continuing to see new cases of Covid-19, leading some to wonder who the latest Covid-19 patients are, the New York Times' Andy Newman reports. (read more)

10 Weeks Into New York Area’s Lockdown, Who Is Still Getting Sick?
NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 2020 — New York City has been locked down and shut off for more than two months. On sidewalks and in stores, masked New Yorkers stand on pieces of tape six feet apart as they wait to enter, shop, and check out. The person who delivers your mail, your food and your industrial sized box of bleach wipes is wearing gloves. Compulsive hand washing is second nature. (read more)

I Live Near a Hospital in Brooklyn, and Every Day Healthcare Workers Come Outside to Cheer and Dance
BUSINESS INSIDER, May 21, 2020 — If you're not living in New York City during the pandemic, you might be wondering how we're even getting by. The numbers are staggering, the reality is harrowing — the city has been hit by the coronavirus really, really hard. (read more)

Hospitals Move Into Next Phase as New York Passes Viral Peak
NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 2020 — Across New York City, hospitals have moved into a new phase in their battle against the coronavirus. In the city that was hit hardest by the pandemic in the United States, the number of new patients and the daily death toll have dropped sharply. (read more)

Public ‘Thanks’ from Brooklyn’s Historic Downtown Hospital Reflects Remarkable Community Support During COVID-19
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 20, 2020 — Within days of the start of the coronavirus crisis, The Brooklyn Hospital Center became the recipient of an outpouring of love and generosity: Thousands of masks and gloves. Hundreds of meals for our hard-working staff. Shoes, socks, lotions and hand sanitizers. (read more)

Gift of Inspiration, and Medical Masks Unite Two Brooklyn Institutions: Arbeeny Family and Cobble Hill Health Center
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 19, 2020 — Norman Arbeeny, 89, was one of 12 siblings in a Syrian immigrant family who made Brooklyn home a century ago. When Norman was born at Long Island College Hospital, the family did not travel far to bring him home; they lived around the corner at 128 Amity Street, where the family still resides today. (read more)

What I Saw at the Javits Center's Covid-19 Hospital
CNN, May 8, 2020 — Two things have been true of the wars America has won. They had the support and participation of the public, and those fighting them quickly learned and adapted. The fight against Covid-19 is no different. Five weeks ago, I arrived at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan just in time to hear New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announce its opening to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. (read more)

We ♥ Our #BklynHeroes
CITY POINT, May 7, 2020 — Over the next 6 weeks, City Point will spotlight, support and donate to 6 extraordinary non-profit organizations. These doctors, nurses, firefighters, social workers and volunteers are selflessly working on the frontline to care for the sick, provide meals for the needy, protect our homes and much more. In the coming days, you can see these heroes on our LED screens and learn more about them by visiting the website links below. Please join us as we salute and support our #BKLYNHEROES. (read more)

Around Brooklyn: Coney Island Testing Center Reopens
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 7, 2020 — The city has reopened a Coney Island COVID-19 testing site more than a month after closing the center because of a lack of protective equipment, according to the Brooklyn Paper. The Ida G. Israel Community Health Center, located on West 19th Street near Surf Avenue, offers free tests to walk-in patients Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (read more)

Photos: For Nurses Day, Tales From the Coronavirus Frontlines
WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 6, 2020 — Thrust into the forefront of the pandemic, nurses have adapted to unimaginable challenges. Across the country, nurses talked about how this experience has changed their outlook for the foreseeable future. (read more)

COVID-19 Update: Frontline Meals: Restaurant Owner Makes Deliveries to Hospitals and Senior Living Facilities
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, May 6, 2020 — Restaurant owner Barbara Sibley of La Palapa is delivering meals to frontline workers and those in need. Sibley’s La Palapa has already donated over 3,100 meals and now is following an ambitious Monday-Thursday schedule of daily donations, including deliveries to The Brooklyn Hospital Center and the senior living facilities Redwood Senior Living and The Domenech in East New York and Brownsville. (read more)

Dispatches From the Distance Learning Front
UB NEWS, May 6, 2020 — Journalism teachers urge students to look for moments that convey rich representations and have larger significance. Mine came when Alexander Reid, director of writing across the curriculum in the Department of English, wrote his blog “advice to students who unexpectedly enrolled in an online university.” (read more)

UNC's Cole Anthony Utilizing 'Jail Workouts' During Quarantine
247 SPORTS, May 5, 2020 — In the wake of COVID-19, the NBA has announced that it is rescheduling the draft lottery and combine from the original dates in late May. However, projected lottery pick Cole Anthony isn't putting his draft dreams on hold. In preparation for his eventual NBA debut, Anthony, who is quarantined with his cousin and best friend, has been staying fit with a unique set of exercises. (read more)

Nurses As­so­ci­ation Sends Upstate Nurses Downstate
SPECTRUM NEWS, May 5, 2020 — The New York State Nurses Union launched a program that will send upstate hospital nurses downstate to help out with COVID-19 patients. More than 120 nurses have volunteered to be a part of the Upstate COVID Nurses Corps, and are partnering with downstate hospitals that need the most assistance right now. (read more)

Upstate Nurses Coming to NYC to Join Fight Against Coronavirus
NEW YORK POST, May 4, 2020 — The upstate medical cavalry is coming to relieve shell-shocked and exhausted New York City nurses who’ve been battling the coronavirus pandemic for weeks, under a new program set up by the nurses’ union. (read more)

New York Life in the Time of Coronavirus: A Kenyan’s Memoir
DAILY NATION, May 4, 2020 — Imagine that you died and after many years of being away, you are allowed a single glance earthward. You are so moved that you cannot help sobbing. That is what I am feeling right now when I think of Kenya, my birth country, and that is because of how I see ordinary people dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. (read more)

Phillip Tutor: From Anniston to Brooklyn, Amid a Pandemic
ANNISTON STAR, May 2, 2020 — Emily Keys treks across the East River at the end of her 24-hour shifts from Brooklyn to her Manhattan apartment. Rooftop melodies played on a trumpet greet her. “It’s amazing,” she says. “I look forward to it every night.” (read more)

Drug Helps Infected Resident Recover
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER, May 1, 2020 — Esutosin Omowale Osunkoya (born Charles L. Brunson), 76, was buried at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon on April 21, before a small contingent of family members. Sacramento’s Morgan Jones Funeral Home presided over the service. (read more)

Bay Area Comic Michael Pritchard a Lifeline to His Son, an ER Doctor in New York
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 30, 2020 — Two things get Brian Pritchard fired up in the morning before he heads into the cavern of death, fear and despair that the coronavirus has transformed his work into. (read more)

Feeding Brooklyn Frontline Medical Workers: Charity with Most Impact Happens Close to Home
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, April 30, 2020 — The nonprofit organization Downtown Brooklyn Partnership announced today that, in less than a week, it has surpassed its initial goal of raising $25,000 to buy meals from local restaurants for frontline workers at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. DBP is partnering with Myrtle Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, and Montague Street BIDs on an ongoing initiative to support the workforce and local businesses during this difficult time. (read more)

Prabal Gurung Donates 2,000 Face Masks to Hospitals and Launches ‘All Americans’ Collection Amid COVID-19
FORBES, April 30, 2020 — When COVID-19 began to shut down retailers across the country, Prabal Gurung, like many of his industry peers, was eager to transform his luxury fashion house into a producer of face masks for frontline workers. (read more)

The Top 10 Podcasts We All Need in Our Lives Right Now, According to a Psychotherapist
CNBC, April 29, 2020 — We each have our own different challenges to deal with, but if there’s one thing we can all agree with, it’s that there’s never been a more urgent need for laughter, inspiration and escapism. (read more)

Hawa Hassan Is Feeding Hospital Workers at the Epicenter of COVID-19
BON APPETIT, April 28, 2020 — Last week, from the comfort of my closet-turned-podcast-studio, I talked to BA contributor, entrepreneur, and friend Hawa Hassan for an episode of the Foodcast (live on April 29th!). Basbaas, Hassan’s line of jarred Somali sauces, has a cult following that includes most of the BA staff; you may also recognize her from Test Kitchen videos. (read more)

A City at the Peak of Crisis
THE NEW YORKER, April 24, 2020 — Experts predicted that Wednesday, April 15th, would be a peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, its epicenter. On that day, a crew of New Yorker writers talked with people all over the city, in many circumstances and walks of life, to form a portrait of a city in crisis. (read more)

Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan Helping Those in Need Amid COVID Outbreak
NETS WIRE, April 24, 2020 — Ever since the novel coronavirus forced the shutdown of sports in the United States, along with many other businesses, athletes have been among those who have tried to lend a helping hand in some capacity. (read more)

Permits Filed For 98 DeKalb Avenue In Fort Greene, Brooklyn
NEW YORK YIMBY, April 24, 2020 — Permits have been filed for a 47-story mixed-use building at 98 DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Located across the street from The Brooklyn Hospital Center, the lot also fronts Ashland Place with the address 180 Ashland Place. (read more)

¿Cómo Sobrellevar el Embarazo en Tiempos de Coronavirus? Una Experta Responde
UNAVISION, April 24, 2020 — La doctora Juana Cuevas explica qué alternativas tienen las mujeres en estado de gestación para asistir a una consulta en medio de la pandemia y asegura que los hospitales están ofreciendo telemedicina para preguntas que se puedan resolver en una conversación. Agrega que en caso de tener que asistir a un centro médico, es recomendable que las pacientes usen máscaras. (watch video)

Could the Coronavirus Create a New Civic Spirit in America?
THE HILL, April 23, 2020 — While the coronavirus does unutterable harm to Americans, it also presents us with a great opportunity to think and act once again more as citizens rather than as consumers, techno-internet citizens or hyphenated Americans, as many of us have become during the past few decades. (read more)

A Hands-Free Product Boom Is Helping to Fight COVID — in More Ways Than One
BUSINESS OF HOME, April 22, 2020 — tIf there was ever a moment for touch-free products in the home, it’s now. So it’s no wonder that Simplehuman, which puts a sleek spin on home essentials like dish racks and shower caddies, can hardly keep its sensor-activated soap pumps and trash cans in stock. “We started introducing touch-free items more than a decade ago out of a belief that if something can be germ-free, it should be,” says Simplehuman founder Frank Yang. (read more)

Ansel Elgort Broke Instagram Guidelines with Good Cause Thirst Trap
METRO, April 22, 2020 — The Fault In Our Stars actor shared a nude snap on the Gram, covering his modesty, and teasing an OnlyFans account which was linked in his bio. The link actually led to a GoFundMe page to page raising money to provide food for frontline workers in Brooklyn, New York amid the coronavirus pandemic. (read more)

Brooklyn Doctor: 'Social Distancing Has Been Working'
MSNBC, April 22, 2020 — At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Brooklyn Hospital Center was in crisis mode. Is this still the case? Brooklyn Hospital Center Chair of Emergency Medicine Dr. Sylvie De Souza joins Katy Tur to discuss. (watch video)

Brooklyn Doctor Talks Delivering Babies During Pandemic: 'We Try to Organize the Chaos'
MSNBC, April 22, 2020 — Precious Anderson was seven months and two weeks pregnant when she was admitted to the Brooklyn Hospital Center for coronavirus symptoms. Twenty-four hours later she was on a ventilator, and doctors had to deliver her baby early. Joining Katy Tur is Dr. Erroll Byer Jr. who delivered Precious's baby. (watch video)

Mayor Warns Lack of Coronavirus Testing May Delay Reopening of New York City for Months
THE NEW DAILY, April 21, 2020 — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says it could take weeks, if not months, before the country’s most populous city reopens due to a lack of widespread testing. (read more)

Plasma Donations Rise as Possible Treatment for COVID-19
DAILY NEWS, April 21, 2020 — Americans are suffering in the greatest numbers of the pandemic. Known infections are more than the next four countries combined. According to data from Johns Hopkins, only about 5% of infected Americans have died, but this weekend that left more than 37,000 dead — nearly one in four of world fatalities. Hospitals are battling in Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Miami and New Orleans. But nothing compares to New York City and its suburbs, which have more known infections than any other nation. (read more)

New York City Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Fatalities as Plasma Treatment Brings Hope
60 MINUTES, April 19, 2020 — Refrigerated trailers are housing the dead as makeshift morgues in New York City, but antibodies in the blood of those who've recovered from COVID-19 may help bring relief to the pandemic. (read more)

Food Trucks Step Up to the Plate to Feed First Responders, Vulnerable New Yorkers as Restaurants Remain Closed During Coronavirus Pandemic
DAILY NEWS, April 18, 2020 — Dom Tesoreiro knows a thing or two about overcoming hurdles. Two months after he opened his first mac and cheese truck, superstorm Sandy devastated the city, flooding neighborhoods and making gas a scarce commodity. But the experience of feeding New Yorkers during a natural disaster taught the Staten Island native a valuable lesson. (read more)

An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18,, 2020 — Ventilators aren’t the only machines in intensive care units that are in short supply. Doctors have been confronting an unexpected rise in patients with failing kidneys. (read more)

Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis: DPMs on the Front Lines
ABFAS, April 17, 2020 — While the past month has been a uncertain time for many, practices closed, residency programs shuttered, colleges dismissed for the year, and hospital systems overrun, it can be difficult to see “silver linings” that have been unfolding in communities across the country. (read more)

Cole Anthony Declares for NBA Draft 2020
NEW YORK POST, April 17, 2020 — On Tuesday, Anthony helped to organize and deliver 100 meals to Harlem Hospital workers. He plans to deliver more meals to workers at Brooklyn Hospital Center soon and recently hosted an Instagram Live chat with Dr. Pardeep Thandi, Dr. Avinash Ram and Dr. Nyema Woart of Brooklyn Hospital Center to spread awareness of the virus to his nearly 600,000 followers. (read more)

New York City Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Fatalities as Plasma Treatment Brings Hope
CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES, April 19, 2020 — Refrigerated trailers are housing the dead as makeshift morgues in New York City, but antibodies in the blood of those who've recovered from COVID-19 may help bring relief to the pandemic. (watch video)

KYRC Fam Donates & Delivers Food to The Brooklyn Hospital Center Staff
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP, April 16, 2020 — This evening, our KYRC fam had the opportunity to donate & deliver food from Blend Astoria to the incredibly brave and selfless staff at The Brooklyn Hospital Center on behalf of Colin Kaepernick and Nessa. (read more)

Colin Kaepernick Jumpstarts Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Fund With $100,000 Donation
THE ROOT, April 16, 2020 — Since his exile from the NFL, should-be quarterback Colin Kaepernick has poured himself into combating racial inequality in Trump’s America. And with black communities receiving the brunt of the wrath of the coronavirus, Kap has announced his plans to provide relief. (read more)

New York Governor Extends Shutdown to May 15
YAHOO NEWS, April 16, 2020 — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended his shutdown order in the US coronavirus outbreak epicenter until May 15, citing data showing improved conditions but insisting on the need to maintain vigilance. (read more)

Wilmington Parents Have Added Worry — Children Living in NYC
STAR NEWS ONLINE, April 16, 2020 — Brad Mercier grew up in Wilmington and moved to New York four years ago. Like many others with the drama bug, he wanted to be closer to Broadway and acting opportunities. He and his girlfriend, Maddy, live near Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, which has been hit especially hard. Brooklyn Hospital Center, not far from their apartment, has been on the front lines of the pandemic in New York. (read more)

Two Founders of Fosun and Its Foundation Donated 7,000 N95 Masks to Support CAIPA's COVID 19 Hospital Relief Efforts
YAHOO FINANCE, April 16, 2020 — Thanks to Dr. Bingjing Roberts's full engagement, the Coalition of Asian-American IPA (CAIPA) accepted 7,000 N95 masks donated by Fosun founders Mr. Liang Xinjun and Mr. Wang Qunbin, to support CAIPA's COVID-19 relief work. CAIPA board member Mrs. Roberts and other volunteers accepted the donation in kind and sent the materials to the hospital in New York City. (read more)

Meet the African Doctors on the Front Lines in Brooklyn
TRUE AFRICA, April 15, 2020 — As demographic reports start to come out, showing how black communities in America are being hammered by the coronavirus, hospitals across New York City have been in the spotlight. On March 26th, the Brooklyn Hospital Center, located in the Fort Greene neighborhood, was the subject of this front page New York Times article.. (read more)

Cole Anthony Delivering Meals to Hospital Workers in NYC
24/7 SPORTS, April 15, 2020 — New York native and North Carolina freshman point guard Cole Anthony helped to organize and deliver 100 meals to a Harlem area hospital workers dealing with the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. (read more)

Fighting COVID-19: Pratt Donates Surplus Food & Metrocards to Healthcare Workers & Others in Need
PRATT INSTITUTE, April 15, 2020 — After Pratt Institute’s campuses closed at the end of March, there were school resources that were identified that could be redirected to community needs, with a focus on the Brooklyn neighborhoods surrounding Pratt. (read more)

24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital
THE DAILY (NEW YORK TIMES), April 15, 2020 — More than a month since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the majority of patients — some of whom are doctors themselves — in Brooklyn Hospital Center’s critical care unit have Covid-19. With permission from staff, patients and their families, we shadowed one doctor for a day to get a sense of what it is like on the front lines of the pandemic. (listen to the episode)

Cole Anthony Does Live Q&A with Doctor Providing Answers and Help with COVID-19
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, April 14, 2020 — Cole Anthony has been using his star power to bring perspective, expertise, and insight. The live Q&A took place via Anthony's Instagram and was joined by Dr. Pardeep Thandi, who is an emergency room resident at the Brooklyn Hospital; the live provided answers to questions such as how to stay safe, will there be a vaccine, and what the public can do to help those in need. (read more)

Residents Struggle to Differentiate Anxiety-Related Breathing Issues from COVID-19 Symptoms
BROOKLYN READER, April 14, 2020 — With an increased number of people visiting the ER for panic attacks, Brooklyn doctors explain how to identify and treat them. (read more)

Brooklyn Marina Teams Up With Bronx Electrician To Deliver Food to Hospital Workers
NEWS 12, April 13, 2020 — New Yorkers are looking for ways to help in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. ONE15 Brooklyn Marina delivered around 300 meals to health care workers at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Staff at the marina teamed up, by chance, with their electrician Scientific Electric from the Bronx, who lent his van to transfer the food. Hospital leaders came outside Monday afternoon to show their gratitude. (watch video)

First Responders
THE NEW YORKER, April 13, 2020 — On the front lines of New York City’s emergency. Photography by Mark Peterson. (read more)

Sick Doctors, Nurses and Not Enough Equipment: NYC Health Care Workers on the Fight Against the Coronavirus
CBS NEWS, April 12, 2020 — 60 Minutes speaks to a doctor who says NYC hospitals are like hell on Earth as waves of patients suffering from COVID-19 come through their doors. And a nurse says the U.S. is treating the virus with equipment that lags behind what's being used in other countries. (read more)

Hope, and New Life, in a Brooklyn Maternity Ward Fighting Covid-19
NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 12, 2020 — In a hospital at the center of the crisis, nearly 200 babies have arrived since March. Some pregnant women have fallen extremely ill, but doctors are winning battles for their lives and their children’s. (read more)

Restaurants Working in a New Capacity to Keep New York City Fed During COVID-19
NYC FOOD POLICY, April 10, 2020 — The restaurant and food industry in New York City has been deeply impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. While many restaurants have closed their doors to customers for the foreseeable future, others have taken to contactless deliveries, window-side pickups, or even serving cocktails to-go to stay afloat. Honorably, a handful of restaurants across the city have begun preparing meals to feed those on the frontlines. (read more)

Covid-19 and US Ethnic Minorities
BBC, April 10, 2020 — Nearly two thirds of New York coronavirus deaths are of black and hispanic people. Why are these ethnic minorities so much more at risk to catching Covid-19? (watch video)

Pay-it-Forward: How Restaurants are Keeping Their Brooklyn Neighbors Going
BKLYNER, April 10, 2020 — Our local restaurants fight to keep their doors open and their employees paid, but many have also turned their gaze outward to help their elderly, ill, and otherwise vulnerable neighbors, along with medical staff on the front lines of the pandemic, delivering food and hot meals with the help of selfless volunteers. Thank you, neighbors!. (read more)

Brooklyn Navy Yard: Historic WWII Workhorse Emerges as Coronavirus Production Center
CHEDDAR, April 10, 2020 — When the coronavirus pandemic shut down nonessential businesses in New York, Duggal Visual Services found itself in a difficult situation. The company — which focuses on the fabrication of projects including digital displays, exhibitions and other large-scale items for clients — was forced to furlough many of its employees when work was halted. Then in March, the city’s Economic Development Corporation called on local businesses to make protective equipment and other supplies needed to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. (read more)

Around Brooklyn: Food Pantries Are Stressed Amid Unemployment Claims
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, April 9, 2020 — Brooklyn’s food pantries are seeing a jump in distribution and dwindling supplies as hundreds more families rely on their services amid the current coronavirus pandemic, according to the Brooklyn Paper. “It has been a tough time for us as an organization, it is like we are going into a new pathway that we have never been before,” said Dr. Melony Samuels, founder and director of The Campaign against Hunger in Bedford-Stuyvesant. (read more)

Peterborough-born Nurse Works ‘Behind the Scenes’ at New York Hospital Battling COVID-19
GLOBAL NEWS, April 9, 2020 — A Peterborough, Ont. nurse is doing her part “behind the scenes” to help frontline workers at a New York hospital gripped with COVID-19 patients. Elizabeth Blodgett Horsley is the director of simulation at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, a 464-bed teaching hospital located in downtown Brooklyn. (read more, watch video)

CNN Newsroom Transcript
CNN, April 9, 2020 — Joining us are doctors from two of the hardest hit hospitals in the country right now, Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi, chief medical officer at the Brooklyn Hospital Center right here in New York, and Dr. Daniel Varga, chief physician executive at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. (read more)

Kamala Harris Labels Trump a ‘Drug-Pusher’ for Touting Hydroxychloroquine
NATIONAL REVIEW, April 9, 2020 — Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) on Wednesday labeled President Trump a ‘drug-pusher’ for continually touting hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus. “The president keeps taking the stage and as opposed to what Dr. [Anthony] Fauci and medical health professionals are telling us, pushing this drug,” Harris said on The View. “He’s got to stop — he’s not — we don’t want a drug pusher for president.” (read more)

Fashion for Good! Brooklyn-based Luxury Label Lafayette 148 Responds to Urgent Need for Medical Equipment by Creating 320,000 Surgical Garments
DAILY MAIL, April 9, 2020 — The COVID-19 crisis has inspired fashion and textile companies to refocus their businesses and utilize their supplies and resources to help address the deficiency in medical equipment. Luxury label Lafayette 148 and combat apparel manufacturer Crye Precision have partnered to aid the cause. (read more)

Opinions & Observations: Navy Yard, Hospital and Bar Sound Off on Eagle Coverage
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, April 9, 2020 — Walt Whitman once wrote that the Brooklyn City Hospital was “one of the most useful and humane of all the institutions of our city.” Whitman also detailed how the spirit of cooperation, compassion and innovation brought a caring group of community leaders and philanthropists together to found our hospital 175 years ago. (read more)

No, Coronavirus Is Not a ‘False Flag’ Event or Linked to 5G Cell Towers. That and More News Literacy Lessons.
WASHINGTON POST, April 9, 2020 — This is the latest installment of a weekly feature on this blog — lessons from the nonprofit News Literacy Project, which aims to teach students how to distinguish between what’s real and fake in the age of digital communication and a president who routinely denounces real news as “fake.”(read more)

In Praise of Quarantine Clapping
NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 2020 — Every night at 7, my Brooklyn neighborhood comes to life with the calculated whimsy of a cuckoo clock. It starts with a single neighbor clapping. Soon dozens more join in, throwing open their front doors or hanging from their windows to put their hands together and say “wooooo.” (read more)

Trump Touts Anti-Malarial Drug Without Scientific Evidence
ALBANY HERALD, April 7, 2020 — For several days now, an anti-malarial drug has been touted by President Trump and others as a promising treatment for COVID-19. But infectious disease experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci say there’s only anecdotal information, and no scientific proof, that these drugs work on COVID-19. (read more)

Reporter Gives Coronavirus Nurse Wearing Garbage Bag His Personal Protective Equipment
NEWSWEEK, April 7, 2020 — A CBS reporter interviewing staff at an intensive care unit in Brooklyn gave a nurse his personal protective equipment after she revealed she was wearing a garbage bag. The nurse, working at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, asked only to be identified as K because she fears getting threats from patients' family members who are not allowed to visit.. (read more)

Debate Over Use of Malaria Drug for COVID-19 is Resonating in Georgia
MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL, April 7, 2020 — For several days now, an anti-malarial drug has been touted by President Trump and others as a promising treatment for COVID-19. The FDA, which has approved hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as a treatment for malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, issued an emergency order recently allowing physicians to administer them to COVID-19 patients. (read more)

Jamie Chung & Bryan Greenberg Are Keeping a Brooklyn Hospital Stocked with Sanitizer During the Pandemic
JUST JARED, April 7, 2020 — Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg are making sure their local Brooklyn hospital is properly stocked with sanitizer amid this time of crisis. The married couple has announced that they teamed up with Simplehuman to donate sensor pumps and sanitizers to The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (read more)

Nashville Native Raising Money for Life-Saving Equipment at Brooklyn Hospital
WKRN, April 7, 2020 — A Nashville native working at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York has launched an online campaign to raise money for the equipment necessary to save the lives of coronavirus patients. As an emergency medicine resident at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Jeffrey Francis has been working essentially nonstop amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (read more)

Nurses Are Wearing Garbage Bags As They Battle Coronavirus: ‘It’s Like Something Out Of The Twilight Zone’
MARKETWATCH, April 7, 2020 — A calm has befallen New York City’s empty streets. Inside the city’s hospitals, however, there are scenes of organized chaos. As of Saturday evening, 7,844 of the 20,506 U.S. fatalities were in New York State, up 777 in 24 hours. (read more)

New York May Be Nearing Covid-19 Apex
POLITICO, April 6, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that recent drops in the rate of hospitalizations and deaths related to Covid-19 suggest that the virus might be nearing its peak in the state. (read more)

A List of NYC Restaurants Raising Funds to Feed Health Care Workers
NEW YORK EATER, April 6, 2020 — Restaurants across the city have been mobilizing to feed health care workers on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic and are accepting donations for the meals. (read more)

Trump’s Aggressive Advocacy of Malaria Drug for Treating Coronavirus Divides Medical Community
NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 2020 — While Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged caution in using hydroxychloroquine, some doctors are prescribing it to patients who have the virus despite the fact it has never been tested for it. (read more)

Briefing 4/6: Boro Park Funerals, Tiger Tests Positive For COVID-19, Zoom Banned
BKLYNER, April 6, 2020 — There’s another wonderful profile of the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the NY Times. This time, it’s about their ICU: A Brooklyn I.C.U. Fights for Each Life in a Coronavirus Surge. (read more)

Health Care Workers Are Begging for Masks. Is the President Listening?
NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 2020 — Health care professionals are still going to work each day without sufficient masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies, and are begging for proper personal protective equipment (P.P.E.). In a country that spends more on health care than anywhere else on the planet, masks are being rationed or reused, and some hospital workers are even using novelty rain ponchos to protect themselves. (read more)

Inside NYC Hospital Treating Virus Patients
CBS THIS MORNING, April 6, 2020 — David Begnaud goes inside the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where doctors told him it's not just older patients who are in critical condition because of the coronavirus. He also speaks with a nurse, who described the situation as "something out of the Twilight Zone." (watch video)

Brooklyn Hospital Treating Coronavirus Patients Is 'Like Something Out of the Twilight Zone'
CBS NEWS, April 6, 2020 — At the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, doctors treating coronavirus patients say it's not just older people who are in critical condition and nurses say they still don't have proper protective gear. As of April 2, 27 COVID-19 patients have died at the hospital. (read more)

Learning to Listen to, and Beyond, the Siren’s Call
NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 2020 — A music critic’s soundscape has been reshaped by the wail of ambulances. But she’s learning to hear in unexpected ways. (read more)

‘Code Blue’: A Brooklyn I.C.U. Fights for Each Life in a Coronavirus Surge
NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 2020 — Nearly every patient was on a ventilator. Some were in their 80s, some in their 30s. Medical workers were falling fast and had to be resourceful — “the alternative,” one said, “is death.” (read more)

Trump Again Promotes Use of Unproven Anti-Malaria Drug; Deaths in Country May Be Undercounted
NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 2020 — For the second straight day, the president pushed the use of hydroxychloroquine, which has not been proven to treat the coronavirus. Washington State is returning 400 ventilators to be redeployed to states in more dire need. (read more)

Cocktails To-Go, Foodie Fans Are Keeping This Popular Brooklyn Bistro Open For Business
FORBES, April 5, 2020 — If there’s one sliver of a silver lining to his restaurant Bogota Latin Bistro shuttering everything but takeout and delivery services, it’s a fruit mojito. Or sangria. “What’s helped the most is the ability to sell liquor,” says George Constantinou Fernandez, co-owner of the Park Slope favorito since 2005. “It’s usually two to four drinks per order.” (read more)

US Records 1,497 Coronavirus Deaths in Highest 24-Hour Toll of Any Country So Far
MIRROR, April 5, 2020 — The United States has recorded its highest single-day death toll of those infected with coronavirus — with a further 1,497 succumbing to the virus in 24 hours. More than 8,500 people have now died after contracting COVID-19 in the country and the number of infections has soared to 311,632, the highest figure anywhere in the world. (read more)

Doctor Tells of New York Brought to its Knees by Coronavirus
THE TIMES, April 4, 2020 — Late on Thursday night an infectious diseases specialist tried to describe all that he had seen in two shifts at a Manhattan hospital. Craig Spencer spoke of walking into an accident and emergency unit “through a corridor of coughing.” He described trying to save a patient in cardiac arrest as his goggles fogged. (read more)

Film Star Jeffrey Wright Takes Action to a New Level by Raising Money for Restaurants Feeding Health Care Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak
NY DAILY NEWS, APRIL 3, 2020 — In his latest role, film star Jeffrey Wright plays the part of a concerned community activist who comes to the rescue of a desperate neighborhood caught in the grip of a deadly global pandemic. It’s not an act. (read more)

During a Pandemic, an Unanticipated Problem: Out-of-Work Health Workers
NEW YORK TIMES, April 3, 2020 — Across the country, plunging revenues from canceled nonemergency medical appointments have forced hospitals to furlough or cut the pay of doctors, nurses and other staff. (read more)

'We Can Get Through' Coronavirus Fight 'If Citizens Can Rally,' Doctor Says
PEOPLE, April 3, 2020 — The idea of a team rallying together in the face of the pandemic is something Dr. Sylvie de Souza has also experienced as chair of emergency department at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City. (read more)

Sheri Fink: A Dire Warning For New York City’s Hospitals
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, April 1, 2020 — New York Times correspondent Sheri Fink joined Errol to talk about her recent report, where she spent 12 hours shadowing health care workers at an independent hospital, the Brooklyn Hospital Center, amid the coronavirus pandemic and a shortage of medical supplies. And as hospitals across the city face a surge in patients, she discusses what our health care system should expect, drawing on her experience covering a New Orleans hospital post-Hurricane Katrina. (read more)

Coronavirus Deniers Take Aim at Hospitals as Pandemic Grows
NBC NEWS, March 31, 2020 — On Saturday, a video taken outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York went viral, showing a quiet scene in an attempt to counter the idea that the coronavirus pandemic has strained some hospitals. (read more)

King of the Road
NBC SPORTS, March 30, 2020 — I was nine-tenths of a mile from the Brooklyn Hospital Center, the place, according to the New York Times, where Dr. Anthony Fauci was born. The Times reported just this morning (Thursday) that the “virus descended” on the Brooklyn Hospital Center about three weeks ago, with 800 suspected COVID-19 patients having been seen since. (read more)

Volume of New COVID-19 Patients Makes Processing the First Problem
MSNBC, March 27, 2020 — Dr. Sylvie de Souza, chair of emergency medicine at Brooklyn Hospital, talks with Rachel Maddow about the challenge of processing the high volume of new coronavirus patients while also keeping other hospital patients and staff safe. (read more)

Covid-19 Chaos Breeds Impatience, But It’s Only Just Begun
UNDARK, March 27, 2020 — In a dispatch on Thursday from the Brooklyn Hospital Center, The New York Times’ Sheri Fink reported that the facility only has enough beds for 250 to 300 people, but hopes to double that number as they face a surge of new patients. (read more)

Cuomo PrimeTime Twitter
CNN, March 26, 2020 — "We see an increase of severely ill patients coming into the emergency department," says Dr. Sylvie de Souza about how her hospital is handling coronavirus patients. "The decisions we are faced with right now are basically who gets an ICU bed, who gets it first." (read more)

Erin Burnett OutFront Twitter
CNN, March 26, 2020 — "Probably 80% of the patients in the ICU are either... under investigation and very high risk for having the coronavirus, or those already confirmed to have it." — Brooklyn Hospital Center's Dr. James Gasperino on the spread of coronavirus in New York City. (read more)

Coronavirus: Your Thursday Evening Briefing 
NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 2020 — Some 800 people have been screened so far at The Brooklyn Hospital. Sheri Fink, who reported on the extent of the hospital crisis in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, went to The Brooklyn Hospital in protective gear with a similarly armored photographer, Victor Blue. (read more)

A Brooklyn Hospital Faces the Challenges of Fighting the Virus
NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 2020 — The virus descended on the Brooklyn Hospital Center three weeks ago. Dr. Sylvie de Souza began writing down details of each potential case on a sheet of paper, a list that has grown to more than 800 patients, most of them seen in the walk-in tent. (read more)

‘We’re in Disaster Mode’: Courage Inside a Brooklyn Hospital Confronting Coronavirus
NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 2020 — It was not even 9 in the morning and Dr. Sylvie de Souza’s green N95 mask, which was supposed to form a seal against her face, was already askew. In freezing rain on Monday, she trudged in clogs between the emergency department she chairs at the Brooklyn Hospital Center and a tent outside, keeping a sharp eye on the trainee doctors, nurses and other staff members who would screen nearly 100 walk-in patients for the coronavirus that day. (read more)

“People Are Dying”: The Front Lines of the COVID-19 War Are in the World’s Media Capital
VANITY FAIR, March 26, 2020 — As the coronavirus wave crashed with deadly force into New York City, journalists brought harrowing hospital images to screens across America. How will it change the debate?. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Center On The Frontlines 
BKLYNER, March 26, 2020 — The new numbers are out. As of 10 am, the total amount of positive cases in NYC is 21,873. In Brooklyn, that number has gone up to 5,705 cases. There is also a total of 281 coronavirus-related deaths in the city. Remember, with an increase in testing will be an increase in numbers. Keep staying at home! (read more)

Brooklyn Telemedicine Center Opens To Pre-Screen Patients For Coronavirus Symptoms
WCBS 880, March 20, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center now has a telemedicine facility, which allows people to be pre-screened for potential symptoms of coronavirus at their home. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is now calling on these services to be available throughout the city. (read more)

New York Hospital Creates Telehealth Command Center
BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW, March 20, 2020 — New York City-based Brooklyn Hospital Center deployed a telemedicine command center with its Fort Greene facility March 19 to meet patient demands as the coronavirus spreads, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. (read more)

BP Adams Promotes Telemedicine Appointments
KINGS COUNTY POLITICS, March 20, 2020 — Borough President Eric Adams joined The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) to promote a new facility within the hospital dedicated to telemedicine appointments amid the outbreak of coronavirus in New York City today. (read more)

Coronavirus Cases Strain New York City Hospitals: ‘We’re Getting Pounded’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, March 20, 2020 — New York City hospitals are already straining under the onslaught of novel coronavirus cases, even as state officials say the real peak of the outbreak is nearly a month and a half away. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Hopes Technology Can Keep Waiting Rooms Clear During the Coronavirus Crisis
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, March 19, 2020 — Brooklyn Hospital Center unveiled a new telemedicine command center inside their Fort Greene facility on Thursday that health care professionals and the borough president hope will help reduce the number of patients in the hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic. (read more)

BP Adams Joins Brooklyn Hospital in Unveiling New Tent Facility for COVID-19 Testing
CARIBNEWS, March 19, 2020 — Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined with The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s President and CEO Gary Terrinoni, health care workers, and elected leaders to unveil a new on-site tent facility to pre-screen patients who believe they have contracted novel coronavirus and to determine if they need to be tested for the sickness. (read more)

Victoria’s Diary: Brooklyn Hospital Celebrates 175 Years
BROOKLYN PAPER, March 19, 2020 — Lucky me, I got to return last month to one of my favorite restaurants in New York City: the River Café, snuggled under the Brooklyn Bridge on the waterfront. The proud, respected and popular café owner “Buzzy” O’Keeffe was one of several people recognized for their contributions to Brooklyn. (read more)

Adams to Join Brooklyn Hospital to Promote New Telemedicine Command Center
KINGS COUNTY POLITICS, March 19, 2020 — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams today will join The Brooklyn Hospital Center to promote a new facility within the hospital dedicated to telemedicine appointments amid the outbreak of coronavirus in New York City. (read more)

Arming The Public: Hospital Tents Becoming the New Normal
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, March 18, 2020 — Tents pitched outside of hospitals are becoming the new normal as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. On Wednesday, this tent outside of the Brooklyn Hospital Center will begin pre-screening patients who believe they have contracted COVID-19. If they meet certain criteria, they will then be directed to the emergency room and tested for the virus. (watch video)

Brooklyn Hospital Opens Coronavirus Pre-Screening Tent
PATCH, March 17, 2020 — An unassuming tent outside The Brooklyn Hospital Center could help bring people peace of mind over the new coronavirus and ease the strain on emergency rooms. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Erects Tent to Pre-Screen Patients for Coronavirus
NBC NEW YORK, March 17, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital set up a pre-screening tent for patients as the area’s hospitals brace for a crush of patients. John Chandler reports. (watch video)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Unveils New Pre-Screening Tent as Coronavirus Cases Increase
NEWS 12 BROOKLYN, March 17, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center unveiled a new coronavirus pre-screening tent outside its building Tuesday. The tent comes as an effort to lessen the strain on emergency rooms as the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase across the city. The tent is set up to pre-screen patients who think they may have been exposed to the virus or who think they are exhibiting symptoms. Hospital staff tells News 12 they are seeing about 100 patients a day with coronavirus symptoms. (watch video)

BP Adams Unveiling New Tent Facility To Pre-Screen COVID-19 Cases
KINGS COUNTY POLITICS, March 17, 2020 — Borough President Eric Adams will join The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s President, health care workers, and elected leaders today to unveil a new on-site tent facility to screen patients who believe they have contracted the 2019 Novel Coronavirus to determine if they need to receive tests for the sickness. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Unveils Coronavirus Pre-Screening Tent
BROOKLYN PAPER, March 17, 2020 — As doctors prepare to treat a coming wave of coronavirus patients, the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Fort Greene will begin pre-screening potentially infected patients with basic thermometers and other tools at a new outdoor facility — which will reduce the hospitalized population and ease the load on the healthcare system, said Borough President Eric Adams. (read more)

Cuomo Open to ‘Shelter in Place’ Order, Expects Coronavirus to Peak in 45 Days
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, March 17, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo told New Yorkers on Tuesday that “the buck stops on my desk” as he laid out the state’s plan, and to some extent, the region’s plan, for combatting the novel coronavirus. Experts have predicted the COVID-19 outbreak will peak in 45 days, Cuomo said, setting an unprecedented deadline for creating thousands of new hospital beds to handle the expected influx of patients with acute respiratory illness. (read more)

Brooklyn Hospital Center Unveils New Pre-Screening Tent as Coronavirus Cases Increase
NEWS 12 BROOKLYN, March 17, 2020 — The Brooklyn Hospital Center unveiled a new coronavirus pre-screening tent outside its building Tuesday. The tent comes as an effort to lessen the strain on emergency rooms as the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase across the city. (listen to audio)

Keep Calm And Carry On?
BKLYNER, March 11, 2020 — The number of confirmed cases in Brooklyn still stands at 6, but it is most likely much higher. As of early this morning, the city had confirmed 10 additional cases, by 3 pm that number was up to 16, according to the Governor, bringing the total confirmed cases in NYC to 52. (read more)

The Brooklyn Hospital Celebrates its 175th Anniversary
BROOKLYN REPORTER, February 18, 2020 — It was an evening to honor the best of Brooklyn at the fourth installment in Brooklyn Hospital’s ongoing series celebrating its 175th anniversary. Ten of the borough’s most illustrious civic leaders and organizations past and present were awarded medals of recognition for their impactful efforts in helping to shape and define Brooklyn during a celebration at the River Café. (read more)

Schneps Media Kings of Kings County Awards Showcases Borough’s Best
BROOKLYN PAPER, January 27, 2020 — Hail to the Kings! Schneps Media honored Brooklyn’s best at its annual Kings of Kings County awards and networking event at Grand Prospect Hall on Jan. 23. The night’s honorees represented professions including doctors, attorneys, business leaders, and more, who were recognized for their record of public service and unwavering enthusiasm for Kings County! The Brooklyn Hospital Center was a sponsor of the event and TBHC’s Lenny Singletary, SVP, External Affairs, Strategy & Marketing, was an honoree. (read more)

2020 50 Over 50 Awards: the Age Disruptors
CITY & STATE, January 27, 2020 — This January, City & State and AARP will honor 50 of the most distinguished public servants in New York who have committed decades of their lives to making New York a better place for our fourth annual 50 Over 50 event. These 50 accomplished citizens will be profiled in a special edition of City & State Magazine and celebrated at an evening reception at Prince George Ballroom. Join us for a celebration with New York’s most prominent leaders in government, business, media and beyond over the age of 50! TBHC’s Gary G. Terrinoni, President & CEO, was an honoree. (read more)