Council Member Ritchie Torres Secures $600K to Help Reopen HHC North Central Bronx Hospital Maternity Unit

  In order to insure mothers and newborns get the highest level of health care Councilman Ritchie Torres first thanked City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for the funding of $600,000.00 and also others that have made the re-opening of the North Central Bronx Hospital OBGYN unit possible. On hand were many staffers from NCBH Councilman Andy King, Councilman Andrew Cohen's Chief of Staff (Councilman Cohen was serving jury duty), and many others including mothers who have had children at the old NCBH- OBGYN unit.

Councilman King thanked Councilman Torres for his help in securing the needed funding, and added "People paid attention to the people who participated". 

 The $600,000.00 is part of $2 million dollars that was needed to reopen this OBGYN clinic. The city's HHC is committed to the  other $1.4 Million dollars. There will be a new nurses station along with upgrades to almost all of the other services that will be available. 

Councilman Torres is being introduced as Councilman King stands on the opposite side of the podium. 

Councilman Torres speaking on how important this OBYGN clinic is to the women of the north and central Bronx.