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Supporters rally to keep LICH from closing, which was approved by the state's Health Department.
The state Health Department has approved the closure of Long Island College Hospital — but politicians waged a last-ditch effort Friday to save the institution.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio won a court order blocking SUNY Downstate from immediately shutting the 155-year-old hospital.
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Paramedic Ryan Schivone makes his point with mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio at a rally held outside of Long Island College Hospital.
A SUNY spokeperson questioned whether the city's public advocate is permitted to sue a state agnecy and said they'll review the court's paperwork when it's receives.
" In the meantime, we're moving forward as planned," the spoksperson said.
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Mayoral Candidate Bill de Blasio chants at rally as a rally was held outside of LICH.
A hearing on the hospital’s fate is scheduled for July 25.
Doctors and nurses cheered the development, but it was overshadowed by the release of a state Health Department letter that approved the closure of the hospital.
The letter — signed by Ruth Leslie, director of the state Health Department’s Division of Hospitals — laid out a timetable for the shuttering of various departments.
The hospital will “cease admitting patients” to its emergency department at noon on July 22, transferring or discharging all patients by July 29 and cancelling its elective surgery schedule by July 22, the letter says.
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