City plans to expand WTC environmental health center.Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. and Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC HHC Home Health Care HHC Headquarters Company HHC Health and Hospitals Corporation (New York, NY) HHC Hand-Held Computer HHC Hiphopcanada Inc. ) president Alan Aviles announced that the World Trade Center (WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there ) Environmental Health Center at Bellevue Hospital Bellevue Hospital, municipal hospital, in New York City. America's oldest public hospital, Bellevue developed from a "Publick Workhouse and House of Correction" commissioned in 1734. , the City-funded program offering free, high quality health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract to people experiencing health problems as a result of 9/11, is expanding to two additional locations. The new sites, at Gouverneur Healthcare Services in Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North and Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, will allow the WTC Environmental Health Center to treat up to 20,000 patients over the next five years. Expanding the Bellevue Hospital program was one of the key recommendations made in Addressing the Health Impacts of 9/11, the report and recommendations Bloomberg accepted in February. Another key recommendation made in the report was to aggressively seek federal funding to sustain the WTC program at Bellevue and two other 9/11 Health Centers of Excellence, and expand 9/l 1-related mental health services and medical research. The WTC Environmental Health Center has now expanded from its original site at Bellevue Hospital in Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town Manhattan to two new locations: Gouverneur Healthcare Services in Lower Manhattan and Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens. Under the direction of the program at Bellevue, the two new sites will treat those experiencing health problems as a result of exposure to dust and smoke from the WTC attack. The expanded WTC Environmental Health Center is a resource for all New Yorkers and others affected by 9/11 related health conditions, regardless of insurance or immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. status. The Center was established in 2006; though Bellevue has been treating WTC-affected patients since the 9/11 attacks. The Center works in close partnership with community organizations, labor groups and residents affected by 9/I1. The program is designed for people who lived in Lower Manhattan and areas of Brooklyn, went to school in the area, worked in or around area offices, stores, schools, or apartment buildings, and who helped in the cleanup of buildings in the affected area. Evaluation, comprehensive medical treatment and most medications for WTC-related illnesses are provided at no cost to those who qualify. The WTC Environmental Health Center staff make referrals to other clinical services for any medical needs identified but not related to WTC exposure. To date, most of the health problems have been related to respiratory issues. |
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