As the snow falls and the wind speeds pick up the pace, local hospitals will continue with their routine, along with preparation for the possibility that more patients than usual could be brought in from the storm.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/27/15
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It’s “a drop in the bucket” but it’s a start. South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) received a $500,000 grant from the state to renovate its Emergency Room. The total renovation is estimated to cost more than $50 million and will not be completed until at least late 2017.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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1/7/15
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South Nassau Communities Hospital received the “Torch of Life Award” from the (Ambulance Medical Technician) Children of Hope Foundation on Dec. 18, because of the work it has done as a Safe Haven, or a place where women can relinquish their newborn children knowing the child will be taken care of.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry and Rebecca Melnitsky
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12/31/14
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For about seven years, School #5 has been donating children’s art to South Nassau Communities Hospital. Last week, members of the student council delivered several pieces of art representing …
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11/5/14
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It isn’t the fault of the Long Beach community that its medical center was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. It may be that quite a few local residents never used the facility, but by now the entire town knows it is without a local hospital.
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10/23/14
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South Nassau Communities Hospital, after receiving a formal promise of reimbursements from the federal government for more than $176 million, has purchased the long-shuttered, Sandy-damaged Long Beach Medical Center, Richard Murphy, chief executive for the Oceanside hospital, said last Friday.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/22/14
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The sale of Long Beach Medical Center to South Nassau Communities Hospital was finalized last week, after South Nassau reached an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the release …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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10/22/14
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Four Nassau County hospitals received the highest grade in a quality-of-care survey conducted by the Leapfrog Group, an organization that evaluates how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, injuries, errors and infections, while encouraging transparency and access to health care information.
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By David Weingrad
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5/14/14
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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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