Beth Israel Hospital Ambulance Stuck In Traffic

After St. Vincent's Hospital was closed so that it could become a billion-dollar luxury condominium and townhouse complex for the wealthy Rudin Family, many of the remaining hospitals in Manhattan are having to travel longer distances to respond to medical emergencies. In this video, there is a Beth Israel Hospital ambulance stuck in traffic right in front of the closed St. Vincent's Hospital. These ambulances then have the make the same long distance back to their originating hospital, to transport medical patients back to an emergency room or a trauma center. At stake are the life and well-being of medical patients, who have to risk their lives in order to wait until they receive critical medical treatment. There can be no "moving on" until a full-service hospital and trauma center replaces St. Vincent's Hospital.

Ambulance Buried In NYC Snow

An Ambulance Stuck In Snow -- Right Outside Of Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, 28-Dec-2010.

The New York Times has reported that ''at least 200 ambulances got stuck on unplowed streets or were blocked in by abandoned cars.'' Hopefully, the city won't face the possibility of a state of emergency, like a natural disaster, such as a blizzard, which would require a rapid response.