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 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.
According to …
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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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For the fourth consecutive year, Becker’s Hospital Review has named Linda Efferen, MD, chief medical officer at South Nassau Communities Hospital, to its prestigious listing of the top “130 …
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11/5/13
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By HOWARD SCHWACH
hschwach@liherald.com
The fact that Long Beach Medical Center remains closed since it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy late last year has had an impact on a neighboring …
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By Howard Schwach
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7/10/13
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It was a homecoming of sorts for doctors, nurses, patients and volunteers.
More than 150 people stood in the parking lot of the South Nassau Communities Hospital Outpatient Dialysis Center on …
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Howard Schwach
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5/3/13
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Baldwin Life Stitches, a group of caring
crafters, recently donated 60 blankets to patients at the South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside. The group, which founder Aimee Pontrelli described as “a community-based … organization dedicated to the advancement of primary education and charity in Baldwin,” hand-stitched 35 baby blankets and 25 prayer shawls and delivered them to representatives from SNCH.
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By Chris Connolly
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2/27/13
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Talk for any length of time with Richard Murphy, the new chief operating officer of South Nassau Communities Hospital, and you’ll hear the words “community” and “stability.”
Murphy, …
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By Howard Schwach
hschwach@liherald.com
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1/31/13
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Last weekend, South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside held its 21st Annual Communities for a Cure 5K Run/ Walk and Multi-Cultural Health Fair.
The walk/run was held on the hospital …
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10/3/12
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South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Annual Carnation Ball on Nov. 3 will honor its president and CEO, who is retiring after nearly 40 years working at the hospital.
Joseph Quagliata, the …
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10/3/12
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