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TBHC Extends Helping Hand to Haiti

March 1, 2010
The New York metropolitan area, particularly those neighborhoods served by The Brooklyn Hospital Center, has the second largest population of Haitians in America. So when a 7.3 earthquake struck Haiti this January, the reverberations were felt here strongly. As a recent poll indicated, three-fifths of all Haitian Americans had either lost a loved one or had a loved one that had been injured or made homeless by the tragedy.  More...

Too Much of a Bad Thing: TBHC Press Conference Targets Brooklyn’s Diabetes Epidemic

December 17, 2009
Diabetes and New York City don’t get along together. More than a third of the city’s adult population either has diabetes or prediabetes (imminent risk of diabetes). The situation’s even worse in Brooklyn, says Dr. Richard Becker, MD, president and CEO of The Brooklyn Hospital Center. More...