Tag: Bellevue Hospital Center

Bellevue Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program Is Under NY State Scrutiny

The Health Dept. is looking into the public hospital’s use of unlicensed technicians during some bariatric surgeries.

December 21, 2023
Majors Urged Ex-Girlfriend Not to Seek Aid After Head Wound, Jury Hears

The actor Jonathan Majors made the request after an incident in London last year, according to previously undisclosed text messages read at his assault trial.

December 8, 2023
Bellevue Hospital Rushes Patients Into Weight-Loss Surgery

New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients.

December 7, 2023
Queens Man Who Escaped Custody at a Hospital Is Captured After Month on the Run

A Queens man accused in a drug case shinnied down nearly five stories at a hospital, caught a cab and couch surfed with friends and relatives before he was recaptured Tuesday.

September 12, 2023
He Took His Shoes Off 20 Years Ago. He Hasn’t Put Them Back On.

Joseph DeRuvo Jr. has lived a mostly barefooted life for nearly two decades. The experience has given him a thick skin.

March 1, 2023