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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.

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