by Lionel Bascom — September 22nd, 2007 — 1 comment
Health services for New York City residents suffering from health problems related to the 9/11 collapse of the World Trade Center are being expanded.
The blog LoHo10002 reports that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center at Bellevue Hospital would be expanded to Gouverneur Healthcare Services on the Lower East Side and Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens. This will allow the WTC Environmental Health Center to treat up to 20,000 patients over the next five years.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s comprehensive tracking effort - the World Trade Center Health Registry - continues to monitor the long-term health of people who were exposed to the World Trade Center disaster. Registrants now reside in all 50 states. The Registry recently released critical findings about rescue and recovery workers, some of whom were suffering from asthma and post-traumatic disorder as a result of the disaster. The Health Department is now re-surveying all 71,000 registrants to learn more about their current health status. So far, nearly 60% of registrants have responded.
8:55 PM in Uncategorized, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Politics
There must be a way for this kind of information to reach those who are suffering but don’t know what their options are. I spoke with a young woman just the other day about her fiance, who was a first responder. He has a number of respiratory symptoms, yet he hasn’t had a thorough examination because he doesn’t want to jeopardize his position. I wonder how many others feel likewise. Hopefully, they will find answers before it is too late.
Jeanne · September 22nd, 2007 at 9:26 pm