Mount Sinai-Beth Israel Hospital within the East Village has formally closed its doorways after 135 years regardless of a authorized battle hoping to maintain it open.
The hospital, together with its emergency room, closed as of 8 a.m. Wednesday morning in cooperation with the state well being division, based on Mount Sinai officers.
The plan to shut the hospital was first authorised by the state in July 2024 and acquired the ultimate go-ahead after a court docket case in opposition to the closure was dismissed earlier this yr.
“We will ensure that every patient will be taken care of—the safety and care of our patients is, and has always been, our guiding priority,” Mount Sinai Well being System CEO Brendan Carr mentioned in a press release.
Mount Sinai opened a brand new 24-hour pressing care middle at 310 East 14th Avenue to assist with a few of the neighborhood’s care wants. The hospital mentioned it will likely be added a CT scanner and extra companies to the ability within the coming months.
“Mount Sinai’s vision for care downtown is based on the idea that today care can be delivered to anyone, anywhere, at any time. That’s why we are creating an advanced, flexible, outpatient-based, community-connected model of care that is, most importantly, supported by Mount Sinai’s world-leading hospitals, ambulatory practices, and institutes and centers of excellence,” the well being system mentioned in a press release on the MSBI web site.
The hospital mentioned an ambulance will stay on the location on sixteenth Avenue for at the least a month in case anybody arrives needing emergency care. Mount Sinai mentioned it notified its 55,000 sufferers of the closure.
