Yesterday, Mt. Sinai announced that it would not enter a partnership with the struggling St. Vincent's Hospital, leading St. Vincent's to say, "Our board will be in discussions with our management, legal and financial advisers to quickly access our strategic options moving forward." The NY Times reports that the hospital had been set to declare bankruptcy last month, but emergency loans from the state and GE helped keep it afloat as it tried to find a partner. But now, "The hospital, which is running at a deficit of $7 million to $10 million a month, has spent nearly all that money, and with Albany deep in its own financial trouble, more state money is unlikely, people close to the process said on Thursday." more ›

Author Norman Mailer passed away at Mt. Sinai Hospital this morning of renal failure. The deceased writer was the author of more than 30 books, from his debut "The Naked and The Dead," to others including "Armies of the Night," and "The Executioner's Song," for which he won a Pulitzer and the National Book Award, respectively. Mailer was known as much for his out-sized personality as for his writing. The New York Times waxes poetic... more ›