Over 125 people turned up for Thursday night's planning meeting at Our Lady of Pompeii Church in the
The meeting, chaired by Civil Rights Attorney Yetta Kurland, discussed various approaches to our demand for a new village hospital.
Here's a video of Ms. Kurland explaining the state of the legal challenges:
At this point, we were joined briefly by Julie Menin, Chair of Community Board One. Ms. Menin discussed the joint taskforce of Community Boards 1, 2, 3 and 4 on health care – and committed to work towards a hospital for the lower
Here she is discussing the role these hospitals play in the event of a homeland security emergency.
After these introductory presentations, the bulk of the meeting was composed of community ideas on how to fight back. Some of the consensus ideas were:
- A campaign of Street Actions at the site of old
- Work with the Community Boards to help keep the
- Outreach to elected officials
- Art and Culture installations
- A complaint to the Attorney General's office was circulated.
Things are developing very quickly, so watch this space...
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON MAY 21, 2010 AT 5:00PM AT OUR LADY OF POMPEI IN THE WEST VILLAGE. BRING EVERYONE THAT WANTS A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY BASE HOSPITAL IN THE LOWER WEST SIDE.
ReplyDeleteSuzannah B. Troy took some pictures of the heart breaking messages that people have left outside of St. Vincent's Hospital. The memorial that people have been creating outside of the hospital should show to our elected officials how much St. Vincent's has meant to the community.
ReplyDeletewhat we need is a hospital that is well-managed, actually delivers quality care and does not attempt to impose its religious doctrine on patients. St. Vincent's struck out on all 3 of those.
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