Flushing Hospital's New Beat: A Wish Come True

The highly anticipated 2007 Wish Book Event, held on September 19th aboard the Skyline Princess, raised more than $85,000 for Flushing Hospital's Department of Medicine. The funds will be used to grant their wish for upgrades to their monitoring equipment.

According to Dr. Alexander Kintzoglou, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Flushing Hospital's Cardiology service will be enhanced with the new equipment.

The celebratory Wish Book Event attracted more than 200 attendees, including departmental chairpersons and administrators— Mr. David P. Rosen, President and Chief Executive Officer of MediSys Health Network, Mr. Bruce J. Flanz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mounir Doss, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Robert S. Crupi, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, to name a few. Chris Hwang, Senior Vice President of Flushing Commerce Bank, member of the Flushing Hospital Board of Trustees and Co-Honorary Chairman for the 2007 Wish Book Campaign was also present.

The Wish Book was distributed to 2,000 Flushing and Jamaica Hospital staff members and vendors— all of whom were asked to make donations to Flushing Hospital, specifically the Department of Medicine.

The Wish Book is a unique fundraiser that began in 2005 to give various Flushing Hospital departments the opportunity to request much needed equipment, in the form of wishes, that would make their departments run more efficiently. Since its inception, the campaign has raised over $250,000 to benefit Flushing Hospital, the staff, and the community.