Panic erupts over likely closure of only state-run hospital in NYC: 'They've got to save this place'

Brooklyn residents are frantic over the potential loss of medical-treatment options -- and hundreds of local jobs -- as the state moves forward with its apparent plan to close major safety-net hospital SUNY Downstate.

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