Bevon Campbell III spent many holidays with his Mercy Hospital family: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve/Day. Today, after spending over four months (133 days) in Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Bevon went home just in time for Valentine's Day with his true loves: his mom and dad.
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By Tom Carrozza
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2/10/22
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Amid a surge in positive cases of the coronavirus due to the Omicron variant, physicians and administrators at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital have made a renewed push to urge residents to get their vaccinations and boosters and continue to wear masks.
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By Tom Carrozza
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1/13/22
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Six months ago, Yolanda Sanchez had a routine breast exam at Mercy Hospital, in Rockville Centre, and got life-changing news when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a whirlwind half-year, she was honored at the hospital on Oct. 18 for being proactive about her disease, as physicians say women across the country should be.
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By Tom Carrozza
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10/28/21
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On Aug. 30, infant Zion Oliver Moleon was finally discharged after 110 days in Mercy Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The 15-bed unit became a second home for Zion’s mother Corin Moleon, who spent almost every single night at the facility with her little boy.
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By Tom Carrozza
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9/9/21
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On June 17, a team from Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital donated more than 22,000 pounds of food to a variety of local nonprofits in an effort to combat food insecurity on Long Island.
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6/25/21
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On May 3, the village of Rockville Centre and Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital introduced Melanoma Awareness Month by installing the first of 12 complimentary sunscreen dispensers at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center.
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Tom Carrozza
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5/13/21
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Rockville Centre resident Michael Williams is described by his wife, Tracey, as an alpha male who has never been afraid of a battle. Over the course of 85 days at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital, Williams fought Covid-19 physically and mentally — and beat it.
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Tom Carrozza
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5/6/21
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Several experts on mental health, substance abuse and addiction spoke to the Herald last week about the pandemic’s impacts on these issues, ahead of a webinar this Saturday that will be hosted by Catholic Health’s Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre.
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By Tom Carrozza
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4/15/21
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Luis M. Romero Fernandez was ordained as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre June 29 at St. Agnes Cathedral before a limited group of attendees, as well as bishops and priests from the region.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/30/20
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Due to the financial impact on parishes and schools within the Diocese of Rockville Centre created by the coronavirus pandemic, three Catholic elementary schools will close at the end of this school year and not reopen for the fall 2020 academic year: Holy Family Regional School in Commack; Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School, Port Jefferson and Saint Peter of Alcantara Elementary School in Port Washington.
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6/22/20
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