Sunday, February 14, 2010
Oh Baby! Maimonides Medical Center's maternity ward is busiest in the state
Welcome to the city that really never sleeps.
Maimonides Medical Center's bustling obstetrics unit is the busiest in New York State - with a record 7,746 New Yorkers born at the Brooklyn hospital last year.
This year shows no sign of letting up.
"It's a little bit like being an air-traffic controller," said nursing director Carol Kidney. "They come, they go, they come again. It never stops."
With 11 labor and delivery rooms and 60 postpartum beds in one hospital, and a state law that says new moms have to be discharged in 48 hours, it's a daily dance of musical beds and babies.
One recent morning there were 90 newborns in the nursery - "a little city of babies," said Dr. Howard Minkoff, the chairman of obstetrics and gynecology. "To be honest, we are overwhelmed," said Minkoff, who oversees a medical team of 100. "We want to give people the most wonderful experience we can in creature comforts - their bagel and baby and two restful days here - but wonderful is second to safety."
After other area hospitals closed, there are many days when the maternity floor at Maimonides looks more like an overbooked hotel with the entire staff scrambling to handle the overflow. On those days, it's not uncommon for women who just gave birth to be waiting in a hallway for a room to be cleared and remade.
"Despite how busy they are, they do an outstanding job," said a spokesman for FOJP, the hospital's malpractice insurer.
Maimonides' CEO Pamela Brier said the hospital has invested over $10 million in recent years to assure patient safety.
On the busiest of days, the delicate task of moving moms in and out falls to Malkie Gips, the sunny patient representative.
"You just give them a little noodge, and most people are very sympathetic," she said. "I say, 'Remember two days ago when you were waiting downstairs for a room, how lousy that felt? Maybe your husband can pick you up before lunch? Or your mother?' It's not my favorite part of the job."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/14/2010-02-14_they_keep_delivering_new_yorks_cutest_maimonides_has_busiest_maternity_ward_in_t.html
Maimonides Medical Center's bustling obstetrics unit is the busiest in New York State - with a record 7,746 New Yorkers born at the Brooklyn hospital last year.
This year shows no sign of letting up.
"It's a little bit like being an air-traffic controller," said nursing director Carol Kidney. "They come, they go, they come again. It never stops."
With 11 labor and delivery rooms and 60 postpartum beds in one hospital, and a state law that says new moms have to be discharged in 48 hours, it's a daily dance of musical beds and babies.
One recent morning there were 90 newborns in the nursery - "a little city of babies," said Dr. Howard Minkoff, the chairman of obstetrics and gynecology. "To be honest, we are overwhelmed," said Minkoff, who oversees a medical team of 100. "We want to give people the most wonderful experience we can in creature comforts - their bagel and baby and two restful days here - but wonderful is second to safety."
After other area hospitals closed, there are many days when the maternity floor at Maimonides looks more like an overbooked hotel with the entire staff scrambling to handle the overflow. On those days, it's not uncommon for women who just gave birth to be waiting in a hallway for a room to be cleared and remade.
"Despite how busy they are, they do an outstanding job," said a spokesman for FOJP, the hospital's malpractice insurer.
Maimonides' CEO Pamela Brier said the hospital has invested over $10 million in recent years to assure patient safety.
On the busiest of days, the delicate task of moving moms in and out falls to Malkie Gips, the sunny patient representative.
"You just give them a little noodge, and most people are very sympathetic," she said. "I say, 'Remember two days ago when you were waiting downstairs for a room, how lousy that felt? Maybe your husband can pick you up before lunch? Or your mother?' It's not my favorite part of the job."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/14/2010-02-14_they_keep_delivering_new_yorks_cutest_maimonides_has_busiest_maternity_ward_in_t.html
Comments:
"On the busiest of days, the delicate task of moving moms in and out falls to Malkie Gips, the sunny patient representative."
Another typical Maimonides fraud! The person whose job it is to get a patient out of his room ASAP is called a "patient representative." What chutzpah! This person works for and is paid by the hospital. She doesn't represent any patient, only the hospital!
Don't be deceived by Maimonides!
Another typical Maimonides fraud! The person whose job it is to get a patient out of his room ASAP is called a "patient representative." What chutzpah! This person works for and is paid by the hospital. She doesn't represent any patient, only the hospital!
Don't be deceived by Maimonides!
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: February 14, 2010 11:55 PM
: February 14, 2010 11:55 PM
Although she and others are paid by the hospital they do a good job at things like this. However, Miamo is a fraud for needing these people in the first place, because without them, you are on your own in that Farshtinkener hospital.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 15, 2010 11:31 PM
: February 15, 2010 11:31 PM
People complain about Maimonides yet they continue to go back. If you do not like the place then go elsewhere! Yidden go back because only Maimonides puts up with their garbage and demands.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 17, 2010 10:55 AM
: February 17, 2010 10:55 AM
February 17, 2010 10:55 AM:
Aleh Yidden are vastly better off in a hospital with the name Presbyterian in it rather than one that trades on the reputation of the Rambam.
Aleh Yidden are vastly better off in a hospital with the name Presbyterian in it rather than one that trades on the reputation of the Rambam.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 19, 2010 12:13 AM
: February 19, 2010 12:13 AM
Where else will they have the mass human creation factory, obviously, near Boro Park, city of Chassidim!!
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