Montefiore Nurses Speak Out at Community Board Meeting Against Bed and Service Closures

(Email Update January 31, 2025)

Nurses are sounding the alarm about the Bronx being in danger of losing hospital beds and essential services after Montefiore management announced a “restructuring” plan. Montefiore nurses are making the community aware of the plan’s negative impact on patients, which includes the elimination of 16 hospital beds, the elimination of palliative care services, and moving surgical services elsewhere in the Bronx or to its suburban campuses. Meanwhile, Montefiore’s emergency rooms are filled beyond capacity, and patients are waiting in hallways for care. NYSNA nurses are concerned that reducing beds will add longer wait times and more hallway patients to a facility that already struggles to serve a vulnerable population.

NYSNA nurses attended Community Board 7’s meeting to make local leaders and the community aware of Montefiore’s plans and were met with support and concern. Nurses are also planning on meeting with elected officials and other allies to stop this so-called “restructuring” plan and ensure Bronx patients don’t suffer any losses in services.