Brooklyn Bridge Blockaded During Funeral March for Brooklyn Healthcare FULL VIDEO
Channel: OccupyTVNY
Date: 25/07/2013

NYC, July 24, 2013: Protesters blocked the Brooklyn Bridge twice today as part of the Funeral March for Brooklyn Healthcare. The demonstration, organized by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and 1199SEIU, protested the looming closures of hospitals in Brooklyn, including Long Island Community Hospital (LICH) and Interfaith Medical Center. 

In a press release NYSNA warned that "health disparities in Brooklyn are climbing at an alarming rate," adding: "Low income communities, people of color, and the uninsured have fewer and fewer options for receiving care. Interfaith Medical Center is the only full-service hospital in Bed-Stuy, a federally designated healthcare provider shortage area. Meanwhile, SUNY's unlawful attempts to close LICH have created chaos for patients throughout Brooklyn, increasing ER wait times and putting lives at risk."

Critics charge that the State University of New York, which manages both LICH and Inter-Faith is restructuring itself in order to maintain profitability as the Affordable Care Act imposes $10 billion in funding that hospitals receive for treating the uninsured. For background, read Peter Rugh's article "Battle for LICH Brooklyn Hospital Escalates" on www.occupy.com/article/battle-brooklyn-hospital-escalates

Video shot by Anthony Perez and Atiq Zabinski, edited by Zabinski and Raven Rakia. Interviews conducted by Peter Rugh. A production of OccupyTV New York, a project of the Media Working Group of Occupy Wall Street. 

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