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The expansion of the Oceanside Campus will add more space to the emergency room and seven new operating rooms to South Nassau Communities Hospital.

South Nassau Communities Hospital just unveiled its plans to expand its main Oceanside campus, as well as finalized renderings of the Medical Arts Pavilion it is building to replace the Long Beach … more

By Alex Costello | 2/17/16

The ups and downs of storm response

Sun and warmer temperatures are making the Jan. 23 blizzard seem like a distant memory, but there’s still a month and a half to go until spring . . . more

2/4/16

Scott Resnik, president and chief of Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Services, was one of 20 company volunteers to serve at ground zero after the 9/11 attacks. He was later diagnosed with kidney cancer. Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald Life

9/11 rescuers still living a nightmare

Scott Resnik, president and chief of Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services, remembers the taste of the dust. “There was a metallic component,” he said. “There was a starchy component.” more

By Scott Brinton | 11/3/15

Kevin Kelly, a volunteer with the Bellmore-Merrick EMS, died recently of a severe respiratory illness attributed to his work at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks. He is pictured at ground zero.

Ground zero hero dies of respiratory illness

In the terrible days and weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Kevin Kelly, a Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services volunteer, spent 18-hour shifts at ground zero, digging through the soot-laden “pile,” at first in search of survivors, and later in search of the dead. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/20/15

D.A.: N.J. man charged with stealing $1.6M from EMS

A New Jersey man is accused of stealing $1.6 million in insurance payments from Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Services, a private volunteer ambulance corps with headquarters on Newbridge Road in Bellmore, just north of Sunrise Highway. Brad Reiter, 50, a former treasurer and president of the EMS unit, was arrested and charged with the theft on Sept. 29, according to acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/29/15

Veterinarian Dr. Lee Gelfand, of Merrick, above, struggled for months to restore his business, All Creatures Veterinary Hospital in Long Beach, after Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. He was forced to take roughly $750,000 in private loans to keep the clinic afloat. Above, Gelfand at the hospital shortly after the storm.

Businesses slowly recover after Sandy

Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc. more

By Scott Brinton | 7/28/15

Do I have to elevate my house?

Q. I got a letter from my village that says my house needs to be lifted, and that it’s mandatory because I was lucky enough to be 50 percent damaged by Sandy. more

By Monte Leeper | 7/22/15

It's hurricane season — be prepared

Hurricane season in the Atlantic began June 1 and stretches for six months, until Nov. 30. It’s time to make sure you’re prepared. more

6/11/15

South Nassau is best hope to improve health care in Long Beach

The caregivers at South Nassau Communities Hospital are excited about the opportunity to work with residents of the barrier island to improve medical services in the wake of the closing of the Long Beach Medical Center . . . more

4/23/15

Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services had its first nasal Narcan “save” last week when members of a responding crew applied the drug to revive a patient in North Bellmore who was unresponsive. The crew consisted of Brittany Russo, EMT, of Merrick; Canada Schneider, of Baldwin; Lt. Nicole Morelli, EMT, of Wantagh; Ashley Russo, EMT, of Merrick; and Alex Svetlovics, of Merrick.

Local EMS group has first nasal Narcan ‘save’

Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services, - one of only five independent, volunteer ambulance corps in Nassau County, - had what the members of the organization described as their first nasal … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/15

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