NEW YORK — Fanfare and confetti marked the ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital in Coney Island.
It’s the first new public hospital within the metropolis since 1982.
“It’s essentially a spot of hope, a spot of therapeutic. It’s an acknowledgement of the vibrancy of the individuals who stay in South Brooklyn and our agency dedication to their well being look after the following 100 years,” mentioned Svetlana Lipyanskaya, CEO of NYC Well being + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Well being.
The brand new hospital was funded by almost $1 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Named after the late Supreme Court docket justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s granddaughter, Clara Spera, referred to as her a proud product of Brooklyn.
“She was additionally a proud and grateful beneficiary of the general public establishments that formed her,” Spera mentioned. “It’s only becoming {that a} public establishment akin to this one bear her title.”
Conceived within the wake of the flooding, injury, and havoc introduced on by Superstorm Sandy a decade in the past, the storm-resilient design features a flood wall, an elevated emergency division, and demanding infrastructure housed on the fifth flooring.
“I need to speak concerning the time throughout Sandy when there have been ambulances going to Coney Island and bringing sufferers to Woodhull Hospital, the place I’m from, in Williamsburg,” recalled Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “We are able to by no means let that occur once more…Coney Island and the parents in South Brooklyn will all the time have a house, regardless of the circumstance, regardless of the catastrophe.”
The 11-story facility doubles the hospital’s emergency division capability, permits for robotic surgical procedure, and options 80 single rooms and a devoted house for behavioral well being sufferers.
“The standard is unquestionably going to be improved as a result of now we are able to concentrate on one affected person in a single room, so positively our nursing staff could be very excited for this large change,” mentioned Manjiner Kaur, chief nursing officer on the campus.
The hospital will serve South Brooklyn and neighboring communities.
Doorways are set to open to sufferers this Sunday.
