They Survived Torture. Why Is the Program That Helped Them Closing?

Scritto il 25/04/2026
da Emma Goldberg

Some Bellevue Hospital officials feared having to disclose patients’ immigration status. They will get care elsewhere at the hospital, administrators say.Dr. Allen Keller, left, founded the torture survivors’ program, and Dr. Hawthorne Smith, the clinical director, started there 31 years ago as an intern.