But this is the life we have chosen.
Life is short, but the Art is long
The occasion fleeting
Experiment dangerous
And decision difficult
Yet there was a time from ~ 1960-1985 that if you were severely injured and needed immediate trauma services, the very best care in the world was rendered at the Kings County Hospital ER and its associated trauma surgical services. By the late 1980’s the hospital began to have politically correct, community based staffing and work rules. Its glory days were over.