FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com NOVEMBER 20, 2014 • THE QUEENS COURIER 37 around QUEENS Only hospital on Rockaway peninsula to receive $500,000 grant BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com @Sal_Licata1 It’s the only hospital on the Rockaway peninsula, and now it has the funds needed to improve its facility. St. John’s Episcopal Hospital services more than 130,000 residents in Rockaway, in addition to those in the neighboring parts of Nassau County. But after Hurricane Sandy, it has been hard for the hospital to get back to its full health. So Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder worked to provide the hospital with a $500,000 capital grant to help with their renovations, upgrades and expansion of the surgical facility. “St. John’s Hospital is currently the only healthcare facility open to serve the entire Rockaway peninsula, and it is still struggling fi nancially to cover the costs of expenses incurred two years ago during Sandy,” said Goldfeder. “This new funding will go a long way to ensure that St. John’s can modernize, grow and continue to provide quality and accessible healthcare on the Rockaway peninsula.” This isn’t the fi rst time he has helped secure funds for the hospital. When Hurricane Sandy hit, the hospital had to spend $4.3 million. In June 2012, Goldfeder assisted in granting St. John’s Episcopal Hospital nearly $5.4 million under the Health Care Effi ciency and Affordability Law of New York State (HEAL NY) to expand services Assemblyman Goldfeder secures funding for only hospital on Rockaway peninsula. after the closure of Peninsula Hospital. Richard Brown, the CEO of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, expressed his gratitude to Goldfeder for helping to keep the facility afl oat. “This allocation will enable us to purchase a variety of equipment necessary for state-of-the-art, minimally invasive 3D surgery, as well as make great strides in providing leading edge education within St. John’s surgical residency program,” said Brown. “Most importantly, Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Goldfeder’s offi ce minimally invasive surgery techniques allow patients to heal faster and go home sooner. St. John’s will now have the highest quality instruments available, allowing us to grow in our mission to provide the best patient care possible.” New Treatment for Chronic Foot Pain and Neuropathy Are you experiencing pain, burning, tingling, numbness? Do you have balance issues? Is your neuropathy related to diabetes, chemotherapy, fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome, RSD? FOOT NEUROPATHY TREATMENT CENTER NYC 333 East 34th Street, Suite 1E New York, NY 10016 T R E A TME N T S F O R A L L F O O T A N D A N K L E C O N D I T I O N S 637 New Loudon Rd. 54 North Plank Rd. 1007 Route 82 455 Central Park Ave Latham, NY Newburgh, NY Hopewell, NY Scarsdale, NY Covered by MEDICARE, HUDSON HEALTH PLAN and most insurances Call 1-646-590-3655 atyourfeetfootcare.com
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