Hi guys,

I was just reading a thread on the SGU forum that says that they have signed a contract which will allow only SGU students and no other foreign med students to do their clinical rotations in New York. Is this true?

Yes, this information is correct (you can see the information if you visit SGU's webpage) - it is NOT with ALL NY hospitals. It is with a particular corporation named HHC (Health and Hospitals Corporation) - and all hospitals that are affiliated with them.

"Under the terms of the agreement and over the course of the intended 10 years of the contract, St. George’s University will pay HHC an estimated 100 million USD, and will be guaranteed a minimum of 600 training positions." (directly from SGU website)

Hospitals such as Bellevue Hopsital (Manhattan); Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx); Coney Island Hospital (Brooklyn); Elmhurst Hospital (Queens) and HHC associated diagnostic and rehabilitation facilites will NOT be open to any other medical students other than US med students and SGU students.

Hope that answers your question.

To add to IAUSTUDENT006, you can read the details released by SGU in this regards on SGU's website, where-in you will find the information pertaining to the particular (NOT "ALL" BY ANY MEANS) hospitals to which SGU has made their agreement.

Yes, they blocked out all other schools from a FEW hospitals in NYC...
HHC - Acute Care Hospitals

Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
General Information Number: (212) 562-4141

Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox Avenue
New York, New York 10037
General Information Number: (212) 939-1000

Metropolitan Hospital Center
1901 First Avenue
New York, New York 10029
General Information Number: (212) 423-6262


Bronx
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, New York 10461
General Information Number: (718) 918-5000

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
234 East 149th Street
Bronx, New York 10451
General Information Number: (718) 579-5000

North Central Bronx Hospital
3424 Kossuth Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467
General Information Number: (718) 519-5000

Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital
2601 Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11235
General Information Number: (718) 616-3000

Kings County Hospital Center
451 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11203
General Information Number: (718) 245-3131

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
760 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York 11206
General Information Number: (718) 963-8000


Queens
Elmhurst Hospital Center
79-01 Broadway
Elmhurst, New York 11373
General Information Number: (718) 334-4000

Queens Hospital Center
82-70 164th Street
Jamaica, New York 11432
General Information Number: (718) 883-3000