Why stabilizing St. Vincent’s is something that has to be done (Gay City News)

Without help, St. Vincent’s Hospital in the West Village could soon be forced to close or radically downsize. Why should you care? After all, the hospital’s debt is $700 million.

Press adds to St. Vincent’s trauma, hospital’s docs say (Gay City News)

As St. Vincent’s Hospital struggles to stay afloat, top physicians at a “visibility rally” on Sun., Feb. 21, said a main obstacle the hospital is facing is negative media coverage.

St. Vincent’s in critical condition (Gay City News)

My unpublished letter to Chelsea Now from October 2009 is even more pertinent today. Here it is: While St. Vincent’s Hospital spends extravagantly on expansion plans, community forums, strategy changes and public relations, the hospital is suffering and patient care has deteriorated.