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It’s the latest in a monthslong battle between hospital officials and those who want to see the more than century-old hospital remain open.
The Manhattan hospital is sending some patients to other hospitals since it lacks the resources to treat them, according to the state health department.
The FDNY received word of requested patient diversions for those conditions on Tuesday.
Firdousi Abdul-Hakim, 37, was taken into custody Friday, police said.
Beth Israel is planning to stop taking certain cases by mid-December and move inpatient elective surgeries to other facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System starting in January.
The 856-bed hospital will be replaced by a 70-bed facility two blocks south by 2020.
Mount Sinai will reportedly announce major changes at Beth Israel in the coming weeks.
The hospital was her home for almost 20 years.
She was registered under a pseudonym at Beth Israel in a room that didn't exist: "outside her room on the 3rd floor, a card with the fake number 1B."
As the Manhattan DA investigates how lawyers have been handling 104-year-old