PATAKI BACKS HOSPITAL CLOSINGS
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- November
- 29
 Gov. George Pataki said today he supports closing nine hospitals, including the Community Hospital in Dobbs Ferry, and shrinking or consolidating nearly 50 more.
 Speaking to reporters in Albany via satellite from Kuwait after a three-day tour of Iraq, Pataki, who will leave office at the end of the year, endorsed the recommendations of the so-called Berger Commission, which Tuesday recommended the closings and cuts to hospitals and nursing homes. The reductions would mean closing about 4,200 hospital beds and 3,000 nursing-home beds.
  “I want to see its provisions implemented,’’ he said. “I would urge the Legislature to take a good hard look at it.’’
 Pataki’s endorsement removes one of the impediments to the cuts taking place. The Legislature has until the end of the year to consider it. If lawmakers fail to act, the recommendations go into effect automatically.
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