Ordered that the order is reversed, without costs or disbursements, the defendant Kings Highway Hospital's motion is granted, and the action is dismissed as against that defendant.
The plaintiff's failure to submit an affidavit of merit by a medical expert competent to attest to the meritorious nature of her claim to recover damages for medical malpractice requires the dismissal of the action as against the defendant hospital (see, Reed v. Friedman, 117 A.D.2d 661; Vernon v. Nassau County Med. Center, 102 A.D.2d 852). Kunzeman, J.P., Eiber, Sullivan and Balletta, JJ., concur.