Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital? (Pt. 27) - Rally to Demand a Hospital! 4/30/11

8/27/11 - The Hedz-Up Report presents full-length coverage of this past spring's, "Rally to Demand a Hospital!" The rally, organized by the Coalition for a New Village Hospital, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the abrupt closure of St. Vincent's Hospital, amid charges of corruption and widescale financial mismanagement.

Latest developments: The NY Post reported last week that Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, is currently investigating SVH's financial payouts to its board members prior to declaring bankruptcy:

NY Post - DA eyes St. Vinny's 'go-for-broke plan'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/da_eyes_st_vinny_go_for_broke_pl...


Partial list of speakers:

Marti Gould Cummings - Actor/Activist, Broadway Speaks Out
Paul Newell - District Leader, 64th Assembly District
Eileen Dunn, R.N. - Former Head, St. Vincent's Hospital Nurses Association
Dr. David Kaufman - Former Director, HIV Center, St. Vincent's Hospital
Yetta Kurland - Attorney/Activist, leader of the Coalition For a New Village Hospital
Jeannie Wilcke - President, Downtown Independent Democrats
Timothy Lunceford - Activist, Hands Off St. Vincent's!
Cathy Marino Thomas - President, Marriage Equality NY
George Capsis - Publisher, WestView News
Caroline Murphy - Singer/Songwriter
Gene Glaberman - President, Chelsea Midtown Democratic Club
Miguel Acevedo - President, Fulton Houses Tenants Association

More to come, stay tuned.

In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:

http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/

Thanks for watching, help spread the word.

Related articles/links:

NY1 - Village Residents Demand A New Neighborhood Hospital
http://tinyurl.com/3bn7w8f

Soho Journal - A Letter from Yetta Kurland
http://www.sohojournal.com/content/letter-editor-st-vincents

WestView News - Ed Koch Answers Our Questions
http://www.westviewnews.org/cms/articles/1235-ed-koch-answers

Gotham Gazette - St. Vincent's Highlights Crunch for Hospitals Serving the Poor
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/health/20110720/9/3569/

NY Magazine - St. Vincent's is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/

WNYC News- St. Vincent's Developer Launches PR Blitz to Win Over Skeptics
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/13/developers-set-alternative...

Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/patients-are-not-consumers


Related sites:

Coalition for a New Village Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/

Hands Off St. Vincent's!
http://www.handsoffstvincents.com

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