Topic: Jamaica Hospital

Gun violence mars Columbus Day weekend

Ten people were shot in a frightening rash of violence around the city over a 24-hour stretch beginning Saturday morning, police sources said.....

Woman, 20, shot dead in Queens

A brawl among three women in Queens ended with one of them dead early Saturday after a man stepped in and fatally shot her.. . Police said...

Pols call for Peninsula Hosp. probe

Local pols on Sunday called on state officials to investigate the planned closing of Peninsula Hospital in Queens.. During a protest that drew...
A 34-year-old man was shot and killed while walking with a friend in Brooklyn early Thursday morning, police said.. The man, whose name was not...

Qns. woman critical after van hit

A 51-year-old woman was in grave condition Friday after a van jumped a curb on a Queens street and plowed her into a building, police and witnesses...

Airline worker killed in JFK bus crash

An airline employee died and another person was critically hurt after a city bus crashed into their car near Kennedy Airport last night...

Fiveyearold Queens resident killed in hitandrun

The article reports that a five-year-old Jordan McLean was pronounced dead in Jamaica Hospital in Queens after being hit-and-run by the careless drag racers in 109 Street of New York City on May 7, 2008. It recalls that a Bayerische Motoren Werke ...

The funeral

The article focuses on the word funeral. When I retired from the practice of medicine a few years ago, a group of personal friends and staff from Jamaica Hospital got together to celebrate my retirement. The title of the celebration was "Jamaica ...