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Dr. Carina Biggs, chief of trauma surgery at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, puts in long hours, but she said she loves her life-saving work. She decided she would become a doctor at age 4 or 5.
A South Nassau trauma surgeon's daily routine is saving the lives of people on the brink of death
The following is Part One of an occasional series called “Working,” which will examine the lives of people on the job. It was inspired by Studs Terkel’s 1974 book, “Working: … more
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It’s time Empire BlueCross invested in communities
If you operated a library and no one returned the books, sooner or later you’d be out of business. America’s nonprofit hospitals face a similar problem. more
Golf outing co-chairs Jeff Greenfield, left, Tony Cancellieri, honorees Matt Whalen and Joel Schneider and South Nassau president and CEO Richard Murphy with a rendering of the hospital’s upcoming southwest addition.
Hundreds tee off at South Nassau golf outing fundraiser
After a wet weekend, the sun shone through as nearly 400 golfers on May 21 teed off across three local golf courses for South Nassau Communities Hospital’s golf outing fundraiser benefitting its … more
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South Nassau Communities Hospital could end its participation in the Empire BlueCross BlueShield network if contract renegotiations with the insurance agency are not resolved by July 1.
An unhealthy negotiation: Empire BlueCross BlueShield holders might no longer be covered at South Nassau Communities Hospital
Empire BlueCross BlueShield insurance holders on the South Shore received letters this month informing them that starting July 1, visits to South Nassau Communities Hospital may not be covered under … more
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Members of the Lynbrook Kiwanis Club hosted a baby shower where they collected clothes, diapers and other items, which will be donated to needy mothers at South Nassau Communities Hospital, in Oceanside.
Lynbrook Kiwanis Club hosts baby shower for mothers in need
Dozens of baby clothes lined the banister of the staircase in Susan DeSena’s home. In her living room, there were boxes upon boxes of diapers, T-shirts, pajamas and other items. more
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Kathryn Geraghty, a registered nurse in South Nassau Communities Hospital’s geriatric wing, checked the lungs of John Bores, of Oceanside, who suffers from a heart condition.
Help wanted: Demand for nurses growing as baby boomers retire, age
In South Nassau Communities Hospital’s geriatrics wing on a recent Friday, the nurses’ station in the center of the ward was a swirl of activity at midday.Registered nurse Kathryn … more
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Rockville Centre resident Eileen Sino, center, who has worked with oncology patients at South Nassau Communities Hospital for 25 years, sat among nursing school graduates during a Nurses Day Celebration on May 4 after being named the hospital’s Nurse of Excellence Award recipient.
Rockville Centre cancer nurse is 'one in a million'
When Eileen Sino’s husband was diagnosed with colon cancer, ultimately dying from the disease about 10 years ago, the Rockville Centre resident doubted her ability to remain a cancer nurse. more
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Hospital volunteer Ruth McDade, second from left, was honored for 5,000 hours of service. She was joined by South Nassau CEO Richard Murphy, left, hospital board Chairman Joseph Fennessy and Anne Marie Fenandez, director of volunteer services at South Nassau.
Oceanside hospital volunteer honored for 5,000 hours of service
Despite the circumstances, when Ruth McDade’s husband died at South Nassau Communities Hospital after an illness in late 2007, she said she found it to be “a positive experience.” Impressed by … more
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Doctors and nurses carted 35-year-old “Wendy Leader” — played by Meagan Sweeney, a nurse at South Nassau Communities Hospital — to the emergency room during a drill simulating a mass shooting in Long Beach. Her wound looked real, but was not.
South Nassau trains with mass shooting exercise
The sun was just setting beyond the swinging double doors of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Emergency Department when a voice crackled over the radio: A mass shooting had been reported at a … more
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Chairman of obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Alan Garely, fourth from left, and Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Dr. Dina El Kady, fifth from left, celebrated the opening of South Nassau’s center for high risk pregnancies with local county, and village officials.
South Nassau opens new fetal medicine center
South Nassau Communities Hospital has opened its new Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine, the only center of its kind dedicated to high-risk pregnancies on the South Shore of Nassau County. The … more
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