"The Bronx is dying for better medical care. Few people know this better than Erika Perrotta. Perotta, 30, is a Montefiore emergency department nurse who grew up three blocks from the Moses Campus, located at 111 East 210th St. - and is one of the 15,000 New York State Nurses Association members currently on strike from Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian."
"The lack of space in one of the borough's most prominent hospitals is but one symptom of the health crisis facing the 1.4 million residents who call the Bronx home. An analysis by amNewYork and the Bronx Times found that on multiple ranking systems, the quality and safety of most Bronx hospitals rate low-to-middling, at best. Hospitals in the Bronx saw that emergency medical services (EMS) response times are the slowest of the five boroughs."
The Bronx suffers a multifaceted healthcare crisis driven by overcrowded hospitals, limited space, and understaffing. Emergency medical services face long response times and fewer staffed ambulances, increasing wait times and raising fatality risks. Hospital quality and safety rankings in the borough are low-to-middling across multiple metrics. Local nurses, including Montefiore staff, have joined a 15,000-member statewide strike demanding better conditions. Neighborhood residents rely on nearby hospitals that struggle to meet demand for 1.4 million people. Public hospital leadership states commitment to quality, equity, and innovation while systemic resource and workforce shortfalls persist.
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