Forget 99 problems — a state probe into how Lenox Hill Hospital handled the Beyoncé-Jay-Z baby birth lasted about 99 seconds.
The state Health Department yesterday announced that it had opened a probe into the controversy behind the blessed event at the Upper East Side hospital, amid claims that the safety of other babies was put at risk and parents were blocked from seeing their newborns to accommodate the power couple.
But then, hours later, the Health Department abruptly declared it has closed the “review,” saying there was nothing to the controversial claims.
The curious about-face left open the question of whether Lenox Hill Hospital’s kowtowing to Beyoncé was dangerous — in addition to embarrassing.
Yesterday afternoon, state Health Department spokesman Michael Moran said, “We have gotten two complaints and we will investigate.”
He said the complaints were “not from parents” — one was anonymous, and the other came from “a person who read about it.”
Hours later, another department official, Jeffrey Gordon, announced, “We have reviewed the complaints and they have been dismissed.’’
Gordon, who wouldn’t elaborate on why the case was closed, also called the probe a “review,” not an “investigation.”
R&B queen Beyoncé, 30, and rap-mogul hubby Jay-Z, 42, sparked a furor when they took over a wing of the hospital for Saturday’s arrival of daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
Irate families — and some hospital employees — complained to The Post that they were put on “lockdown” several times over the weekend to accommodate the music royals and their entourage.
Security guards, dressed in black and wearing “Special Event” badges, swarmed the hospital’s fourth and sixth floors, and family members of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were delayed seeing their children if Team Beyoncé wanted to use the hallways.
Even worse, new mom Rozz Nash-Coulon said tape was placed over security cameras on the NICU floor, leaving the preemies — who are not given security sensor tags like other newborns — unmonitored.
New dad Edgar Rodriguez said security guards prevented him from seeing his new daughter for three hours after she was born .
Additional reporting by Erin Calabrese