South Nassau Communities Hospital is recommending that "a specific group of patients" get tested for HIV and hepatitis B and C after discovering that they may have been treated with contaminated insulin.
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By John Maher
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3/12/14
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New York state is considering an initiative at 10 of its state prisons to give prisoners a college education. The program would bring college professors into the prisons . . .
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2/27/14
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The snowstorm that hit the Five Towns on Feb. 13 didn’t affect daily essential emergency hospital operations, as they followed plans already in place for inclement weather situations.
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By Vanessa Parker
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2/13/14
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SIBSPlace celebrates the holidays
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SIBSPlace on Broadway in Hewlett held its annual holiday party on Dec. 19. The three-hour event included a show, dinner, gifts and a visit from a special seasonal celebrity.
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1/2/14
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Sanitary District 1 truck No. 33 workers Mark Magliaro, Anthony Alfano and Manny Azcona III had picked up the trash on Prescott Place in North Woodmere and were headed to another street on their route at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, when their work day literally took a U-turn.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/13/13
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For local residents, Oct. 29, 2012 will be one of a handful of historic dates that those on the south shore of Long Island will remember for the rest of their lives, talking about where they were …
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By Howard Schwach
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10/23/13
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Hospitals need to raise funds to stay in the vital business of treating the sick and injured in our communities. Fees for services and government and private insurance payments are insufficient to fund the enormous expenses hospitals incur in salaries, physical plant operations and medical care for thousands of patients.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/18/13
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Cooking up a whole lot of fun
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SIBSPlace of South Nassau Communities Hospital held its annual barbecue on Aug. 11. The four-hour event that began at noon was at the Hewlett Harbor home of Mike Schamroth, one of the organization’s founders.
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8/21/13
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Four of the twelve hospitals in Nassau County were named this week to the prestigious “New York’s Best Hospitals” list compiled by U.S. News & World Report magazine.
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By Howard Schwach
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7/23/13
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Wearing their dressy apparel once again
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After sharing iPhone photos throughout the spring of their dresses, five young women Kristina Grupe, Victoria Benoit, Madison Ventrice, Gabrielle Cohen and Sachelle Jonas, who graduated high school this year, showed off their prom apparel at SIBSPlace in Hewlett’s Encore Prom on June 27.
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7/10/13
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