Q&A
Impact of hospital closures on emergency department visits
1:14:26
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52 sec
Council Member Rivera inquires about the impact of hospital closures on emergency department visits, specifically mentioning the planned closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel and its potential effect on Bellevue Hospital. Chief Fields provides data on ambulance transports to Bellevue.
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel, slated for closure, currently receives about 70,000 emergency department visits annually
- Concerns raised about increased pressure on Bellevue Hospital's emergency department
- In 2023, Bellevue received 27,308 ambulance transports from 911 calls
Carlina Rivera
1:14:26
And I know that in your testimony, you also mentioned that hospital closures are a very, very big factor.
1:14:32
And so in my district, I represent the east side.
1:14:34
And so Do you have numbers for Bellevue Hospital in terms of their emergency department and turnaround times there specifically?
1:14:43
I ask you this because we have Mount Sinai with Israel in the area.
1:14:48
They receive approximately, I think, 70,000 emergency department visits a year, and they're slated to close.
1:14:55
So we're very, very worried about the additional emergency room visits that are gonna be at Bellevue.
1:15:02
We're also very worried about diversion, which I'll ask you about in a second.
Michael Fields
1:15:07
Alright.
1:15:07
So in respects to Bellevue in 2023, 911 calls that were transported there was 27,308 transports by AMS.
1:15:18
Okay.
