A ceremony with NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health (formerly Coney Island Hospital) staff, patients and community members celebrated the future opening of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital in South Brooklyn, New York. Ginsburg family members joined the celebration to unveil a seven-foot bronze statue of the late Supreme Court Justice that will be located in the lobby of the new hospital, which is slated to open in early 2023.
The nearly completed hospital will feature a storm-resilient design, flood-proof emergency department, private patient rooms and modern equipment. It is the first new public hospital in New York City since 1982, when the health system opened NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull.
Construction of the new hospital is funded with $923 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and includes upgrades to the rest of the healthcare campus, including a four-foot wall to withstand a 500-year storm and flood-resilient power, heating, cooling and water systems. The campus had sustained damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Once the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital building opens, the existing main building on the campus will be renovated and renamed as the Health & Wellness Institute. On the first floor will be a modernized, 26,000-square-foot ambulatory care practice that will provide patient- and caregiver-centered primary and specialty care in over 50 new exam rooms. The institute will also house outpatient behavioral health services, a comprehensive dental practice, outpatient radiology, a new CT scanner, ultrasound and 3D mammography equipment.
The project team includes NBBJ and Turner + McKissack (joint venture).
Source: nychealthandhospitals.org
