Hurricane Sandy Aftermath Good News - Power Restored At Roosevelt Island's Coler Hospital Reports Assembly Member Micah Kellner
Image of Patients Evacuated From Coler Hospital By Judy Berdy
Finally, some good news at Roosevelt Island's Coler Hospital.
Assembly Member Micah Kellner tweets:
Power has been restored to Coler Hospital on Roosevelt Island.More on the Hurricane Sandy problems at Coler Hospital from previous posts.
— Micah Kellner (@MicahKellner) November 4, 2012
Also, the NY Post reports on the problems at Coler following Hurricane Sandy:
... The Coler-Goldwater hospital became a shadowy house of horrors for hundreds of disabled and elderly patients “left to rot,” an insider told The Post — and a generator from the New York City Marathon sat unused at the hospital yesterday.NY Crains reported yesterday (November 3):
“The patients are freezing. There’s still no heat,” said a tipster at the home.
A Post reporter who visited Thursday night found one of two buildings lit and the other dark, with some small generators providing meager light in the halls.
One large generator was running yesterday, but a second, 200-kilowatt power source — which came from the marathon’s Central Park finish line and was brought in after The Post inquired about the miserable conditions — was not even turned on....
... For four days, Coler Nursing Facility patients had been marooned in unlit rooms, fighting the cold with extra blankets and socks.
Power was partially restored to the facility on Friday evening, according to a Bloomberg administration spokeswoman, and this afternoon it has been fully restored, she said. Space heaters are being used, and heat and hot water is also set to be restored this afternoon as temperatures are expected to drop to the 30′s tonight. Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, D-Manhattan, who represents the area, said she had been “very concerned about the patients” but that residents had “generally expressed” a desire to stay....
