REMARKS
The far-reaching consequences of hospital closures on communities
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Council Member Narcisse outlines the wide-ranging impacts of hospital closures on patients, healthcare professionals, and communities, drawing from her experience as a registered nurse.
- Discusses the challenges patients face in finding emergency care and maintaining relationships with their primary care physicians
- Highlights the disruption to healthcare networks and the anxiety faced by medical staff
- Emphasizes the need for the City Council to consider community needs and ensure access to high-quality healthcare
Mercedes Narcisse
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Whenever hospital closes, it raises question for the patient in this in the community.
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Where will you go if there is an emergency?
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As as I said, if you have a heart attack, your life become a tic tic moment where you can lose your life.
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What will happen to the primary care physician was cared for you through the years, like the public advocate stated that his doctor is in Sunny Downstate.
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So this is personal for most of us here.
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Will other hospital in your area accept your insurance?
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As a registered nurse, I can personally attest to the heartbreak of seeing a trusted health care dissolve.
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1, we're my colleagues, and I have built lasting relationships with.
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Patient while providing expert care.
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When a hospital closes, it opens an entire community network, living dedicated staff, anxious, about their livelihoods.
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And more importantly, concern about where their patients will find the quality care they need and deserve.
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As a city council, we must consider the needs of the surrounding communities that would be disrupted by closures and to ensure that everyone has access to high quality healthcare.
