Health

Nurses Strike Against Montefiore and Mount Sinai Ends After Three Days as Deal is Struck

By SÍLE MOLONEY & MIRIAM QUIÑONES
Editor’s Note: The following is an updated version of the story that appears in our latest print edition which went to press prior to the announcement regarding the end of the strike action.   The nurses strike led by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) against both Montefiore Health System and Mount Sinai Health System, which has been ongoing for three days since Monday, Jan. 9, has ended, according to a statement released by NYSNA on Thursday, Jan. 12. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined New York State representatives of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO),


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UPDATE Senior Woman Located in the Castle Hill Area Reunited with Family

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  A senior female resident located in the Castle Hill area on Monday morning has been reunited with her family, police said.   The NYPD had been asking for the public’s help in locating the woman’s family when she was located in the Castle Hill area on Monday, Jan. 9, at 11.05 a.m. A police spokesperson had said at the time the unidentified woman was discovered in the vicinity of Castle Hill Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway. Police said the woman identified herself as Qandigula Yousafvia and she appeared to be in her ’70s.   They said she was


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P.J. Salvage Recalls Children’s Pajamas Due to Burn Hazard

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Jan. 5, that P.J. Salvage has recalled about 2,650 units of a specific set of children’s pajamas which have failed to meet the federal, flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children. A refund is being offered for the returns.   The recalled children’s pajama sets are 65 percent polyester and 35 percent rayon and comprise a two-piece, long-sleeve shirt and pants set. The pajama sets were sold in sizes x-small, small, medium, large and x-large in the following colors and print patterns: camo print


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Marble Hill: Bike Giveaway on Jan. 6 at 4 p.m. to Celebrate Three Kings Day

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Kicking off at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 6, local community members will host a Three Kings Day children’s bike giveaway and community celebration at 5237 Broadway, (between 225th Street and 228th Street) in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx. According to the organizers, volunteer bike mechanics spent 555 hours over the past two months repairing and restoring dozens of bikes previously rescued from a former bike repair shop in Spanish Harlem in October. Approximately 30 bikes will be distributed to children in a raffle to be held at Friday’s event, marking the launch of the Bronx Bike Collective,


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DEA: Enough Lethal Fentanyl Seized in NY in 2022 to Kill New York State Population X 3

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Officials from the New York division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and NYC’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced on Thursday, Jan. 5, that record amounts of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and fentanyl powder were seized in New York during 2022, including in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx.   Special narcotics prosecutor (SNP), Bridget G. Brennan, said “thousands of New Yorkers” were mourning precious lives claimed by deadly fentanyl last year. “Fentanyl saturates the illegal drug supply in New York City and is a factor in roughly 80 percent of overdose deaths,” Brennan said. “Even casual or occasional


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Level 1 Trauma Center, Jacobi, Earns “Surgical Quality Designation” & Gun Crime Dropped in Nov. 2022

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi‘s chief executive officer, Christopher Mastromano, announced on Dec. 23 that the facility was named a “surgical quality partner” by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). According to hospital officials, the designation means Jacobi met the highest standards of surgical care by minimizing complications, improving outcomes, and saving lives.   “Jacobi is widely known in The Bronx as the Level 1 Trauma Center for our region,” said Mastromano, “What this ACS designation means is that Jacobi is providing the highest possible level of surgical care.” Mastromano congratulated the Jacobi surgical department, led by Dr. John McNelis, for their


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UPDATE Bedford Park: 67-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing Found

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said on Wednesday, Jan. 25, that a 67-year-old woman who had been reported missing in December from Bedford Park has been found.   Prior to being located, it had been reported to police that Linda Rubbo-Padilla of Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY had last been seen leaving her home on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 at around 1 p.m. She was described as 5 foot, 2 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and gray hair. She had last been seen wearing blue pants and a white t-shirt.   An NYPD spokesperson said on Jan. 25, “Missing found, safe


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UPDATE First Bronx Baby of 2023 Born in the Montefiore Health System is a Girl!

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The following story has been updated based on new information received from Montefiore Health System.   The first Bronx baby of the New Year to be born in the Montefiore Health System was a bouncing baby girl, Nova Marie Holder, who was born at 2.50 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Montefiore’s Jack D. Weiler Hospital in Morris Park.   The little girl was born to parents, Kiana Baez and Brandon Holder, of The Bronx. Nova weighed in at 6 pounds, and measures 17 and a half inches.   The second baby of the New Year who was born in


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Montefiore-Einstein Receives $5.2 Million in NIH Grant to Study Heart Failure in Hispanic Populations

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Cardiology researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) and Montefiore Health System (Montefiore) have received a 5-year, $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the underlying causes of heart failure among Hispanics/Latinos, who are at heightened risk for heart disease. Investigators will take a novel approach to assessing risk. They will simultaneously evaluate heart function as well as the relationship between the heart and the aorta, the large artery that conveys oxygen-rich blood from the heart’s left ventricle to the rest of the body. Carlos J. Rodriguez M.D., M.P.H., principal investigator on the grant,


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