Bellevue Hospital's Program for Torture Survivors Faces Closure

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential closure of a program at Bellevue Hospital that treats torture survivors due to funding issues and concerns about ICE raids.

NYC Health and Hospitals announced plans to shut down a storied program at Bellevue Hospital that treats torture survivors, citing tenuous federal funding and the possibility of ICE raids at the hospital. Dr. Allen Keller and Ibrahim discuss the impact of the program and why they're fighting to keep it open.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Lehrer

Guests: Dr. Allen Keller, Ibrahim

Topics covered

• torture survivors
• healthcare
• federal funding
• ICE raids
• hospital programs

Keywords

• torture survivors
• Bellevue Hospital
• healthcare funding
• ICE raids
• Dr. Allen Keller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYC Health and Hospitals, Bellevue Hospital

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