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Legislators support South Nassau’s earmarking of FEMA funds

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford have backed a plan to spend $130 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds on hospital upgrades in Oceanside and $40 million on a medical arts pavilion in Long Beach, despite opposition from many Long Beach residents. more

By Ben Strack | 8/3/16

Marcus Tinker, left, Monique Armstrong, the Rev. Isaac Melton Jr., and Stephanie Armstrong, organizers of the health fair.

Health fair at Christian Light raises awareness

More than 50 people turned out for the Long Beach Community Health Fair last weekend, an event aimed at raising health awareness and encouraging residents to practice healthy exercise and eating habits. more

By Anthony Mitthauer-Orza | 7/28/16

Long Beach deserves top-notch medical care

It’s been quite a while since the South Shore of Long Island was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Many homes have been restored, while others have been abandoned. Local beaches are . . . more

7/6/16

South Nassau Communities Hospital opened the doors of its temporary free-standing emergency department on the former Long Beach Medical Center campus last year. SNCH plans to invest $40 million on a new medical pavilion on the site, but a group of residents filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against FEMA over South Nassau's proposed use of disaster relief funding to expand its Oceanside campus.

Suit: FEMA money was meant to restore medical services in Long Beach

A group of mostly Long Beach residents filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday over South Nassau Communities Hospital’s proposed use of $154 … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 7/6/16

Dr. Joshua Kugler, joined by County Legislator Denise Ford, City Manager Jack Schnirman, Fire Commissioner Scott Kemins and other officials, announced the results of the survey on May 26. Photo by Tyler Marko/Herald

Survey says: New Long Beach E.R. a ‘go-to’ facility

Nearly a year after opening a free-standing emergency department in the wake of Long Beach Medical Center’s closure after Hurricane Sandy, South Nassau Communities Hospital last week issued the … more

By Tyler Marko | 6/1/16

The Aedes mosquito is the only type of mosquito so far known to carry the Zika virus.

Nassau battling mosquitoes as fears of Zika virus loom

With fears of the Zika virus looming, Nassau County plans to intensify efforts to trap and study mosquitoes this summer, while also educating the public on how to reduce mosquitoes around their homes, County Executive Ed Mangano and Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein said at a news conference on May 25. more

By Stephany Reyes | 6/1/16

South Nassau Communities Hospital representatives presented the results of a study that concluded that a full-service hospital with 50 beds would lose more than $10 million per year.

Residents criticize South Nassau’s proposed use of FEMA funds

South Nassau Communities Hospital presented the results of a study of the barrier island’s medical needs to more than 100 residents at Lindell Elementary School on Monday, where hospital officials said that using $170 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency and state funds to build a hospital that resident have been calling for would result in the loss of more than $10 million a year. more

By Ben Strack | 3/3/16

A conceptual image of the proposed medical pavilion that would be built at the former LBMC campus.

SNCH to build $40M medical facility in Long Beach

South Nassau Communities Hospital will construct a medical pavilion with an emergency department on the former Long Beach Medical Center campus, using Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 2/17/16

South Nassau's freestanding emergency department in Long Beach, pictured when it first opened last August, had some minor flooding in its parking lot during Saturday's storm, which officials say did not hamper operations.

Storm flooding did not impact Long Beach emergency room, officials say

The area near the ambulance bay of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s freestanding emergency department had some flooding during Saturday's record-breaking snowstorm, but both fire and … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 1/25/16

Tim Baker/HeraldIsabel Agustin, far left, David Goldman, Katie Powers and Joe Carillo outside of the newly renovated Komanoff Center for Geriatric and Rehabilitative Medicine on Nov. 18. The center reopened its rehabilitation facilities that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Komanoff Center holds grand reopening

The Komanoff Center nursing home has reopened its rehabilitation facilities for the first time since Hurricane Sandy flooded the first and second floors of the building more than three years ago. … more

By Matthew Ern | 12/2/15

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