New York, NY - The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) will mark the completion of a four-year, $325 million major public hospital modernization project at Harlem Hospital Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, September 27 at 11 a.m. The new six-story building will house a new Emergency Department, Burn Unit, Intensive Care Unit and will expand access to preventive health services to address the community's high rates of asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and stroke. The hospital will also unveil historic murals by African-American artists that have been restored and will be on permanent exhibit inside the new hospital building and are dramatically reflected in the block-long glass façade of the new facility.

Who:      Harlem Hospital Center and other NYC public hospital officials,
              Congressman Charles Rangel, HHC Global Ambassador and music industry               leader Swizz Beatz
What:     Opening of the new Harlem Hospital patient pavilion
When:    Thursday, September 27, 11 a.m.
Where:   Harlem Hospital Center, 506 Lenox Avenue at 135th Street

Please RSVP to HHC Press Office, 212.788.3339, to secure a tour of the new space and to schedule one-to-one interviews with participating officials.

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