Politics & Government
Forest Hills Hospital Gets $450K in New Equipment
Borough President gives hospital grant for needed upgrades.
Forest Hills Hospital will be getting a financial boost from the borough president's office.
The hospital will be getting new surgical equipment and a green ambulance with solar-powered batteries, thanks to a grant of more than $400,000 from Borough President Helen Marshall.
"Funding for this equipment at the North Shore-LIJ hospitals is an investment in the future health of thousands of residents of Queens who use these facilities,” Marshall said in a statement.
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Marshall has long been a champion of Queens' health care. Her voice is usually one of the loudest in opposition when a hospital closes.
City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, D-Forest Hills, said she was thrilled her local hospital was getting the equipment upgrades.
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“I am pleased that capital funds from the Queens Delegation will go towards such important medical needs,” Koslowitz added.
The funding will help the hospital purchase a laparoscopic surgery tower, an ultrasound, an anesthesia workstation and an orthopedic fracture station.
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