Hospital Used By Kiryas Joel Community Named Among Facilities That Treated Drug-Resistant Fungus

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Orange Regional Medical Center

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is the first state to release the names of medical facilities that have treated patients with a deadly, drug-resistant fungus that is spreading.

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The New York Times reported Wednesday that 64 hospitals, 103 long-term care nursing homes, a long-term care hospital and three hospice units in New York have cared for patients with an especially virulent germ called Candida auris. Most of the patients were in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

The Times said New York health officials disclosed the names of the facilities because Candida auris has been spreading quickly.

Michael Craig, an antibiotic resistance expert for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the newspaper that someone in the United States dies of a resistant infection every 15 minutes.

The Times said Candida auris has been such a secretive subject that various governments have declined to identify or confirm the names of hospitals and nursing homes where the fungus was present, or even to discuss cases after families or physicians confirmed them.

New York health officials said they decided to disclose the names of the facilities with cases in the state over the past three years to help stop its spread and provide transparency to the public. However, the state did not say how many cases were at each institution.

More than 800 cases of the fungus have been recorded in the United States — about half of them in New York.

The Candida auris germ tends to resist major antifungal medications and is often found in patients with weak immune systems. About half of those who are infected tend to already be in poor health and die within three months.

Below is a complete list of hospitals that have cared for people with Candida auris infection or Colonization, as of June 28, 2019:

New York County (Manhattan)

–Bellevue Hospital Center

–Harlem Hospital Center

–Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital

–Lenox Hill Hospital

–Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases

–Metropolitan Hospital Center

–Mount Sinai Beth Israel

–Mount Sinai Hospital

–Mount Sinai West

–New York Presbyterian Hospital – Allen Hospital

–New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia Presbyterian Center

–New York Presbyterian Hospital – New York Weill Cornell Center

–New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital

–NYU Langone Hospitals

–NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Queens County (Queens)

–Elmhurst Hospital Center

–Flushing Hospital Medical Center

–Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

–Long Island Jewish Forest Hills

–Long Island Jewish Medical Center

–Mount Sinai Hospital – Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens

–New York-Presbyterian/Queens

–Queens Hospital Center

–St. John’s Episcopal Hospital So Shore

King County (Brooklyn)

–Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

–Brooklyn Hospital Center – Downtown Campus

–Calvary Hospital Inc (Brooklyn Campus)

–Coney Island Hospital

–Interfaith Medical Center

–Kings County Hospital Center

–Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

–Maimonides Medical Center

–Mount Sinai Brooklyn

–New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc

–New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

–NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

–University Hospital of Brooklyn

–Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

–Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

Bronx County (Bronx)

–BronxCare Hospital Center (Concourse)

–Calvary Hospital Inc (Bronx Campus)

–Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

–Montefiore Med Center – Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div

–Montefiore Medical Center – Henry and Lucy Moses Div

–Montefiore Medical Center – Wakefield Hospital

–S&H Health System

Richmond County (Staten Island)

–Richmond University Medical Center

–Staten Island University Hosp – North

–Staten Island University Hosp – South

Westchester County

–S&H – St. John’s Division

–Westchester Medical Center

Rockland County

–Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern

–Helen Hayes Hospital

–Montefiore Nyack

Nassau County

–North Shore University Hospital

–Glen Cove Hospital

–Mount Sinai South Nassau

–NYU Winthrop Hospital

Suffolk County

–Huntington Hospital

–Southside Hospital

–University Hospital

Orange County

–Orange Regional Medical Center

Dutchess County

–Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Albany County

–Albany Medical Center Hospital

Monroe County

–Rochester General Hospital


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ruby
ruby
4 years ago

headline is totally misleading – you have a list of many major hospitals inc some of the best what does kj have to do with this .

Palm Tree Resident
Palm Tree Resident
4 years ago

There’s probably more Williamsburg Yiden using Mount Sinai hospital than ppl of Kiryas Joel using good Orange Regional..and that’s beside the point that Orange regional is barely used by kj residents

Abe F
Abe F
4 years ago

You’re such an idiot! What’s a hospital close to KJ got to do with the headline? Are you having an vendetta against Chassidim, Satmar’s or KJ in particular?

Zev
Zev
4 years ago

Agreed, unfortunately this disease seems to be in most major hospitals in the area.

Jay
Jay
4 years ago

Many other Hospitals including Good Sam in Rockland witch treats patients in Monsey, Spring Valley are also mentioned

ben
ben
4 years ago

Tzaraas