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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MARCH 25 - MARCH 31, 2022
BY BILL PARRY
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
in Far Rockaway announced
Tuesday, March 15, that Congressman
Gregory Meeks has
secured $4 million in federal
funding to support crucial services
at the only hospital on the
Rockaway peninsula.
Meeks advocated for the
funds in the omnibus appropriations
bill that was passed
by the House of Representatives
and the Senate and is awaiting
President Joe Biden to sign it
into law.
“I am proud to have secured
funding that will make our community
healthier, safer, stronger
and even more resilient,” Meeks
said. “The $4 million in funds
for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
that will be used toward the renovation
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women and maternity/NICU
and labor and delivery units is
extremely critical to support
our only health center serving
the Rockaways.”
Renee Hastick-Motes, the
vice president of external affairs
and president of the St.
John’s ICARE Foundation, said
she is extremely grateful for the
funding that will support the
behavioral health and women/
newborn equity renovation projects.
“The renovations are essential
to ensuring adequate care
is provided to our patients in an
esthetically conducive environment,”
she said.
Now celebrating its 110th
year of community care, the 257-
bed medical facility provides
comprehensive preventive, diagnostic,
treatment and rehabilitative
services, regardless of the
ability to pay.
“On behalf of St. John’s Episcopal
Hospital, I would like to
extend my sincere gratitude to
Congressman Gregory Meeks has secured $4 million in federal funding for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in
Far Rockaway. QNS file photo
Congressman Gregory Meeks
for his continued support, and
advocacy for funding from the
House Appropriations Subcommittee
on Labor, Health and
Human Services that will go
towards our Women and Newborns
Health Equity Renovation
project, and our Behavioral
Health Equity Renovation project,”
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
CEO Jerry Walsh said. “As
the only hospital located on the
Rockaway, Queens, peninsula,
these two projects will significantly
help us achieve our mission
of improving access to quality
healthcare to the more than
130,000 community members we
serve.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry by
e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–4538.
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
to receive $4 million in federal
funding for essential services
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