I’ve only been to the emergency room once for an actual emergency. Since the hospital near my house is — and please note the word purportedly, because I ain’t fuckin’ with any libel lawsuit– purportedly a public death machine, I opted for the next one on the Google Maps search for “holy shit I need a doctor”, St Vincent’s. Although I can’t speak to its efficiency in offing patients, I can say it too is a pit of human despair.
So I was less than surprised to find this blight on the brink of going under. Here’s an article about its long, steady decline.
Can’t say I’ll be sad to see it go. Still, a St. Vincent’s-sized hole (much larger than a St. Vincent-sized one) in the village probably will be noticed, so the fledging hospital is searching for a buyer to keep the lights on. Earlier this week, they thought they had one. Now? Not so.
I get the feeling we’re going to see several rounds of half in/half outs as St. Vincent’s looks for a buyer — it all looks great on paper, until Joe Inspector comes along and finds out how much money you’d have to plow into this albatross to turn it back into the “beacon of Greenwich Village” it was.
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I’ve only been to the emergency room once for an actual emergency. Since the hospital near my house is — and please note the word purportedly, because I ain’t fuckin’ with any libel lawsuit – purportedly a public death machine, I opted for the next one on the Google Maps search for “holy shit I need a doctor”, St Vincent’s. Although I can’t speak to its efficiency in offing patients, I can say it too is a pit of human despair.
So I was less than surprised to find this blight on the brink of going under. Here’s an article about its long, steady decline.
Can’t say I’ll be sad to see it go. Still, a St. Vincent’s-sized hole (much larger than a St. Vincent-sized one) in the village probably will be noticed, so the fledging hospital is searching for a buyer to keep the lights on. Earlier this week, they thought they had one. Now? Not so.
I get the feeling we’re going to see several rounds of half in/half outs as St. Vincent’s looks for a buyer — it all looks great on paper, until Joe Inspector comes along and finds out how much money you’d have to plow into this albatross to turn it back into the “beacon of Greenwich Village” it was.