Thursday, October 1, 2026
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More than 100 people attended Family Diabetes
Awareness Day held during National Diabetes Awareness Week on
Saturday, Nov. 11. The event, held at St. Rose of Lima Church in
Rockaway Beach, offered educational talks given by: Joseph Edwards,
American Diabetes Association; Obiora Anyoku, MD, internal
medicine, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital; Stephanie Cordaro,
RD, St. John’s; Ilene Fennoy, MD, pediatric endocrinology,
Columbia University Diabetes Center of New York; Richard Luck, DO,
ophthalmologist, St. John’s; and Barbara Wrynn, CNN, Janet
& John Raggio Nephrology Institute, North Shore LIJ Health
System.
Family Diabetes Awareness Day was coordinated
by a consortium of Rockaway health providers and the American
Diabetes Association. The event was supported by the Center for
Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at St. John’s, Bayer
Pharmaceuticals, and Better Living Now.
Winthrop renovates and expands Emergency
Department
There’s a lot of changes going on in
Winthrop University Hospital’s Emergency Department. The
on-going $6.6 million renovation project is still moving forward
with the addition of a new emergency room waiting area, complete
with a giant aquarium filled with colorful saltwater fish. The
ultra-modern waiting area now includes a private and expanded
triage and registration area, allowing for increased interaction
between the emergency staff and patients.
The department also boasts a new, separate
Pediatric Emergency Unit, designed to meet the emotional and
physical emergency needs of children and their families. This
separate 4,500 sq. ft. suite, featuring its own entrance so
children are not exposed to adult patients in the Emergency
Department, includes 10 pediatric beds and two isolation rooms.
Nassau University Medical Center to observe
World AIDS Day
The AIDS Program of Nassau University Medical
Center, an AIDS Designated Center, will observe World AIDS Day on
Friday, Dec. 1, by conducting a memorial candle lighting ceremony.
The event will be held at NUMC’s auditorium at 2 p.m. All are
welcome to attend.
The Westbury High School Gospel Choir will
provide musical selections. Education information and videos will
be available in the Medical Center lobby throughout the day.
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