We need a merger, stat! <\/p>\n
Hundreds of doctors-in-training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx will rally at the school Tuesday in support of a proposed partnership with healthcare giant Montefiore Medical Center. <\/p>\n
Montefiore had agreed last May to take over the finances and day-to-day operations of the world-renowned but ailing Morris Park medical school from its operator, Yeshiva University. <\/p>\n
But talks were scrapped in December because the parties were unable to agree on certain terms, a Yeshiva spokesman said. <\/p>\n
Nearly 200 medical students from the schools four-year program hope to revive negotiations by showing enthusiastic support for a merger, according to Albert Einsteins student council. <\/p>\n
The students who go here really want the deal to go through, said Dayle Hodge, 31, the councils chief delegate. <\/p>\n
The rally is meant to nudge them in the right direction. <\/p>\n
The student body fears the cash-strapped school will be forced to lay off nontenured faculty or get rid of the research-based graduate program, Hodge said. <\/p>\n
Such a move would be catastrophic, the fifth-year student said. <\/p>\n
Medical students would still be able to get their degrees, but the prestige would go way down, Hodge said. <\/p>\n
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