Long Beach Medical Center was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and forced to close. Oceanside, N.Y.-based South Nassau Communities Hospital purchased the bankrupt medical center in 2014.
Shortly after acquiring the hospital, SNCH received $154 million in FEMA funds to restore the facility. However, SNCH officials will reportedly use a portion of the funds to construct a medical pavilion with an emergency department at the former Long Beach Medical Center facility and a second portion to fund the expansion of its Oceanside campus, according to the report.
SNCH officials said building a full-service hospital in Long Beach “does not make fiscal sense and … would hemorrhage … about $10 million a year,” according to an independent study commissioned by the SNCH and cited by News-12 Long Beach.
A representative from the civic organization said during a community meeting July 24 SNCH “stands to actually make a profit of about $1.5 million annually,” News-12 reports.
SNCH officials will hold a second meeting July 25.
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