NEW YORK CITY-St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens has undertaken a number of cost cutting measures to streamline operations and is hinting at possible layoffs and even a merger with other health care systems.
St. John's Interim Chief Executive Richard Brown in a statement released Thursday noted that he has “apprehension about the fortunes of safety-net hospitals like St. John's Episcopal Hospital and the lack of state and federal support, particularly in the Rockaways. Like other safety-net hospitals, St. John's is under financial and regulatory pressures.”
Brown says that the hospital is committed to remaining a service provider in the Rockaways. It stands as the only hospital in operation in the Rockaways since the closure of Peninsula Hospital last year, according to Crain's New York Business.
St. John's is looking to relocate its family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics clinics to the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Centers in Rockaway and has plans to build a $1.7-million specialty care clinic across the street from the hospital and hopes to spend $15 million to expand its emergency department. See story in Crain's New York Business.
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