Bellevue officials say hospital is strained but adapting after Mount Sinai Beth Israel closure

At the June meeting of Manhattan Community Board 2's Human Services Committee, the chief clinical operations officer of New York City Health + Hospitals/Bellevue described how Bellevue has absorbed additional patients since Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) closed and what the hospital says it needs to serve the community.

The officer told the committee that Bellevue is a longstanding safety‑net hospital and the city’s largest provider of behavioral‑health care within the Health + Hospitals system. The speaker said Bellevue has “200‑plus beds” for psychiatric care, a forensic unit composed of multiple units that together total “100‑plus beds,” a child and adolescent inpatient unit of roughly “60 beds,” and “900‑plus beds” hospital‑wide. The speaker described rising emergency‑department volumes and higher acuity since the COVID period and said Bellevue has reduced boarding times through operational changes.

On capacity and patient flow, the official said Bellevue’s ED and inpatient areas have been busy enough at times to require ambulance…