"After a surgery went terribly wrong, Victor Lee says he has spent the last two years living inside the Brooklyn Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. By now, the 62-year-old thought he'd be closer to recovery. Instead, he says every day at the facility has pushed him further from healing because of the center's lack of care. "It's not good. It's not good. Nothing good about it," Lee said. "They tell me I can't go to therapy anymore. How could you deny me therapy?""
""When I came here, it was to get better, not to be harmed, not to be used, not to be suffering through the hands of the people that should be taking care of you," Lee said. Lee and other residents insist the center is full of issues -- from theft to broken elevators and water fountains. They say there is also a lack of staff and equipment."
""We try to come with a spirit of reason, but it's no longer reasoning anymore. It's war," Walton said. On Tuesday, when they rallied together to complain, residents said management wouldn't let about 20 of them leave the building, since no family member was there to sign them out. One called CBS News New York over the phone. "This has become a prison camp,""
Patients at Brooklyn Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center report mistreatment, being denied therapy, and feeling trapped inside the facility. One resident says a failed surgery led to two years inside the center, where lack of care has impeded recovery and outside therapy is prohibited. Residents and community leaders cite theft, broken elevators, malfunctioning water fountains, insufficient staff and equipment, and restrictions on attending church. About 20 residents were reportedly prevented from leaving during a rally because no family members were present to sign them out. Community activists and clergy are calling for investigations by city and state agencies.
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