NCBH, Jacobi ask DoH for an
operating certifi cate merger
so much easier.”
A single, larger hospital
should also put both
NCBH and Jacobi in a better
position with suppliers
when purchasing clinical
equipment, said Cristina
Contreras, NCBH executive
director.
North Central Bronx
Hospital opened in 1976
in response to community
concern when two older
city hospitals, Fordham
Hospital and Morrisania
Hospital, were designated
for closure.
The staff of the former
hospitals moved to the
new hospital, said Contreras.
“This is very positive
for NCBH,” said Contreras,
adding that the
streamlining would allow
for further growth of the
hospital.
In order to support the
NCBH, additional staff
are currently being hired,
said Mastromano, adding
the hospital in Norwood
is recruiting new primary
care physicians and doctors
in pediatric, ambulatory
care, vascular surgery.
“We want to move as
much ambulatory surgery
as we can from Jacobi and
have it done at NCBH,” said
Contreras. “It increases
effi ciency there, they are
very good at it (and) the patients
will be happier.”
“It is a win-win for everyone,”
she said.
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Jacobi Medical Center on Pelham Parkway, seen here in an aerial photo, which has shared staff with
its sister city hospital NCBH in Norwood for two decades, may soon share an operating license as well
in an effort to streamline operations. Photo courtesy of Jacobi Medical Center
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Flash outside of 2730 Dewey Avenue in Throggs Neck. Grand Master Flash
Grandmaster Flash scratches his
way to a ‘Nobel Prize of Music’
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Joseph Saddler went from
dumpster diving around
Hunts Point and scraping together
makeshift turntables
in the 70s to being awarded
Sweden’s Polar Prize, better
known as ‘The Nobel Prize
for Music’ on Tuesday, June
11.
In between these two
points, Saddler, better known
as Grand Master Flash, pioneered
not only the origins of
hip hop from his home in the
south Bronx, but also revolutionized
DJ techniques of
scratching, looping and beat
breaking during his prime
of the 1980s, 90s, and even beyond.
“It is such an honor, because
a lot of times in our culture,
what we do as DJs gets
overlooked,” Flash said on
behalf of the announcement.
He, along with his furious
fi ve recorded ‘The Message,’
an iconic track that depicted
the reality of life in the south
Bronx during its ‘burning’
times. The track became so
iconic that it was placed in
the Library of Congress for
its historical value.
To this day, Flash is credited
with modernizing music
with his ability to loop and
sample funk tracks.
Those techniques led to
Flash gives a nod to his home of the Bronx. Grand Master Flash
the rise of house and other
electronic music genres and
infl uenced many to do similar
work, like Armand Van
Helden, A Trak and arguably
even Daft Punk.
“So for these people to
say, let’s give this to someone
who doesn’t necessarily
use a microphone as their
gift…for me to be picked out
of so many people, I am so, so
deeply honored,” the DJ legend
said.
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