"Trustees of the financiallys truggling Maimonides Hospital, located in heavily orthodox Jewish south Brooklyn, filed a lawsuit early this week to stop a government takeover of the 80-year-old medical facility. Maimonides' leadership plans to merge with the city's public hospital system - Health + Hospitals - converting the private, independent hospital into a city-run facility overseen by a board and president/CEO appointed by the mayor."
"But trustees of the medical center and nearby Borough Park residents, particularly Jewish locals, fear the level of care at a public Maimonides - named after 12th-century Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, an advocate for medical training - would drastically decline. Maimonides trustees Aaron Twerski, Peter Rebenwurzel, George Weinberger, Chaim Fisher, Yehoshua Leib Leib Fruchthandler, Marty Waisbrod and David Spira argued in the suit filed Sunday that the sale to Health+Hospitals would violate the board's fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of Maimonides."
"Their complaint also claimed H+H's Brooklyn-based hospitals are consistently ranked among thelowest in New York State, raising profound concerns about the quality of care that could resultfrom converting Maimonides into a public hospital. In addition, the lawsuit also claimed other proposals were not seriously considered, including those from Touro College and Westchester Medical Center. A Brooklyn lawmaker who defended the hospital when its patient care came under attack three years ago said he was furious and walked out of a meeting"
Maimonides Hospital, an 80-year-old private medical facility in heavily Orthodox south Brooklyn, faces a proposed merger into the city's Health + Hospitals system that would convert it to a city-run hospital with a board and president/CEO appointed by the mayor. The merger includes a $2.2 billion state grant over five years to stabilize the cash-strapped hospital. Trustees and many Borough Park residents filed a lawsuit arguing the sale would breach fiduciary duties and noted that H+H's Brooklyn hospitals rank among the lowest in the state, risking reduced care quality. The suit says other proposals, including from Touro College and Westchester Medical Center, were not seriously considered. A local councilman protested and walked out of a meeting.
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